When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. That's what everyone has been told all their lives. In the case of Theo, the lemons are rotten and covered in salt. They smell like fish. There is no possible way he can make lemonade out of these lemons.
He struggled with eating disorders all his life and met a beautiful girl named Farron who helped him. She was his savior, the one thing in his life that truly helped. But this is no love story. Farron went missing two years ago, and Theo is still trying to cope with life without her. One day, after almost two and a half years, he gets a message from Farron's number.
((inspired by Sarah is Missing and Simulacra))
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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