My name is Marcus. I work at a mental hospital. On the date of January 6, 2017, a 14-year-old girl of the name Luisa, came into the hospital. She was wearing a sky blue silky dress, streaked with blood, and a pair of black boots. Her ivory hear was down around her shoulders matted with blood. She was asleep when they brought her in. Her shoulders were small and her arms were very skinny. She looked as if she was starved. Her chest rises and falls to every breath she takes. The silence has killed me so I break quietly. I clear my throat.
"Luisa, your records say-" I start but she stops me.
"Why am I here..?" She asks. Her voice is very soft and I almost couldn't hear her.
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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