"Jack," my mother would say, "Promise me that you won't do what we did?" Her eyes would shine with tears and her already-frazzled-face would look even worse, "Promise me that you won't let your children live the lives you and your siblings did." I would always nod, even when I was younger and didn't know what she meant, I would nod and say, "Mommy, I promise. Anything for my mommy."
"Hazel, if I ever figure out you get knocked up before you're out of this fucking house, I will personally murder you." That was my "sex-talk", at the age of 13, right after my first period.
When two teens are left alone to fall in love, nothing good can come of it.
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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