1996, Lake Placid, Decemeber 8th. The light of dawn brings darkness to the Emerson family. The crying desolate mother, the endering father, the pecurius older sister, and the honorable brother stares down on 6 year old Orphelia Emerson. On a damped cloth by the treacherous woods, Orphelia sees the girl, in the distance, across the horizon, standing on the river. Her name, Bella; in a golden jumpsuit waiting for her fate, disappears. Except 21 years later, Orphelia sees her again. She sees here with someone this time. A man in his 30s, wearing a golden suit on a rainy September. His name, Ethan. Reading, Gordon M. Aamoth, Jr., Carlton W. Bartels, Gary Eugene Bird, and Richard Edward Bosco. Orphelia runs to get Bella, but she dissapers into thin air. On a gloomy autunm day, 2017, Manhattan, September, 11th.
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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