Fifteen-year-old Sophia retreats to her childhood treehouse as she grapples with the weight of expectations and a future slipping beyond her control... "The Hothouse" won 3rd Place, out of 697 entries, in our Eleventh Playground Challenge. Natalie Minaker is a talented writer from Worcestershire, UK and you can follow, and read more of Natalie's work on her website, nfminaker.wixsite.com/my-site. You can also read more of the winning stories from our competitions on our website, writersplaygroundllc.com