𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝑴𝒂𝒙 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏'𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒓. 𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑴𝒂𝒙. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒂 𝟏 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒃𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒔. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒓... 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.

[UNEDITED VERSION] Angie, a grieving expectant mother, must help the spirit of a little girl find the remains of twelve other children who mysteriously disappeared three years ago. ***** After the death of her twin brother, Angie Abernathy immersed herself in her painting to help her deal with her overwhelming grief. When her husband, John, finally convinces her to sort through some of Cory's belongings, she unexpectedly finds the closure she needs in the form of a map and a journal full of cryptic notes. When the notes lead her to the bodily remains of six-year-old Mary Drake, the first of thirteen children who went missing three years ago, Angie finds herself caught up in her own investigation and quickly starts to believe that Mary's bones aren't as dead as they seem to be... Content warning: This story contains mature themes, including references to the murder of children