It feels as if my head may explode, it dully throbs.
I must not go to the dark places, where my thoughts lead me.
I must be normal, nothing above or below.
You can't say his names our it will drown me.
You see me, and you see the normal everyday teenager.
But you don't know anything about me.
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Will wilder the hottest guy in school, the smirk that drives girls close to insanity. Those mischevious dark eyes that follow my every move. He laughs freely, and he does what he feels. I feel the heat on my cheeks when he is around. He has a girlfriend who has been on an off thing for years, Skylar, who shoots daggers at me with her eyes every time she gets a chance too. His sister Alyssa, happens to me dating my best friend Cameron. It's confusing, and I try not to think about all of them too much, I just try to get through today.
Today is my battle.
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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