Linda - her name means beautiful... After facing rejection from her parents because she is a lesbian, Linda didn’t feel beautiful... she felt lost and alone.
As a skilled mechanic, Linda built her business... Her love life was a different matter. Until Katie...
They survived the brutal beatings they received at the hands of Katie’s ultra-religious father. Together they survived, and together would face their future, and find hope and a joy neither expected.
20,600 word long short story
After I saw the girl who inspired Katie, Linda became the dream woman- that heroine for Katie - a woman of the highest caliber. She is great, but she's also human. She has depth and faults just like us all.