"Do you even know what this means?" The guy is giving me a deep glare almost as if he is peeking through my soul, skimming across my secrets, leaving a peck on my emotions.
"He gave you a B. I don't think it's a big deal-"
He screams. My head hurt, it's too loud.
I'm aware that he's just a prodigy in this school, yet he was, subjectively, a puzzle to be solved.
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Catriona Burke just crossed the threshold of College in Harrisburg, Philadelphia, just a very few junctures before catching a glimpse of the vicinity from diverse groups of people. It seems that a sudden jolt of peculiar nuisance caught her with her pants down.
Although he, the nuisance, was a prodigy.
Whereas she didn't care even if the men in white coats try to take him away from her at night.
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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