Poor implementation in C

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

//custom getline method, it sucks but oh well, live with it
char* getline(){
    int ch, i = 0;
    char *toWorkWith, *temp;
    toWorkWith = (char*) malloc(sizeof(char) + 1);
    while ((ch = getchar()) && ch != '\n' && ch != '\0'){
        toWorkWith[i] = ch;
        i++;
        temp = (char*) realloc(toWorkWith, ((i + 3) * sizeof(char)));
        if (temp != NULL){
            toWorkWith = temp;
        }
        else{
            fprintf(stderr, "out of memory!");
        }
    }
    toWorkWith[i] = '\0';
    return toWorkWith;
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
    int i, j, k, count;
    char *flags, temp = 0;
    char **words;

    count = atoi(getline());

    words = malloc(count * sizeof(char));
    flags = malloc(count * sizeof(char));


    for (i = 0; i < count; i++){

        printf("Loop %d of %d\n", i, count);
        words[i] = getline();
        flags[i] = 0;
    }

    for (i = 0; i < 256; i++){

        for (j = 0; j < count; j++){

            if (words[j][i] == '\0'){
                flags[j] = 1;
            }

            if (flags[j]){
                printf(" ");
            }
            else{
                printf("%c", words[j][i]);
            }
        }
        printf("\n");

        for (k = 0, temp = 0; k < count; k++){
            temp += flags[k];
        }

        if (temp == count){
            break;
        }

    }

    return 0;
}