"Why do you even listen to them?!" Tears are rolling down my face by now. My makeup is removed where the tears roll, and my mascara follows the line left by the tear, streaking my face. He turns towards me with anger blazing in his eyes.
"They don't like me being with you! Nobody like the idea of us!"
"Well, don't you?!"
He pauses for a second, glancing at his watch and then breathing out of his mouth quickly.
"Sure."
I throw the prop handbag at his face and start down the street.
"Claire! Wait!"
I barely hear him and I keep running.
I'm obviously a disgrace to him.
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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