In the small town of Moorwood, Pennsylvania, everyone knows everyone. Rumors and news spread like wildfire, and when a secret of a high school girl by the name of Keira Walters is leaked, the following days gradually get worse for her as they progre...
ANGELICA GRACE SAT in her last hour history class, struggling to pay attention. On any other day, the class would have been bearable, but that was because Keira Walters would have been there. Angelica's best Friend was usually sitting by her side, but that seat was cold and empty today.
This fact concerned Angelica a bit as Keira hadn't missed a day of school in ages, but Angelica just assumed that she was sick - sick enough to stay home from school. That didn't dismiss the the annoying prick at the back of her head telling her that something was wrong, but she tried not to focus on that as it would only worry her more. She tried to focus on the class being taught by Mrs. Brown at the front of the room, even if the lecture was boring her to the extent of falling asleep.
Moments later, a distraction presented itself in the form of a balled up paper passing across Angelica's desk and landing right in front of her, reliving her of the struggle of forcing herself to pay attention. Angelica looked back at where she knew the paper came from, meeting the crystal blue eyes of Evan Blake, her other partner in crime. He had a lopsided grin on his face that was highly contagious, causing her to smile back before facing forward once again, not wanting to get yelled at for not paying attention. Focusing her eyes on Mrs. Brown, she waited for the moment she turned her back to the class. The second Mrs. Brown did just that, Angelica carefully unfolded the lined notebook paper.
Evan's untidy scrawl formed two clear sentences on the top of the ripped half sheet, obviously leaving room for Angelica to respond.
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Of course, in any other town, this would have been a perfectly normal occurrence, but in Moorwood, it wasn't. It was rare for people to move into the town because of its small size and because there really was nothing that attracted people. It was very likely that people moved out of the town - Angelica's brother did so for a better shot at college. It was nice to grow up in the town, but after graduating high school, there weren't many opportunities, and that drove people out. If people did move to the town, it was few and far in between.
Angelica read the words a few times before they really sank in, and when they did, she picked up her pen and wrote back in neat cursive writing.
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