On Sunday the 14th of May 1978, nine year old, Renee Britt went to play in the park, but never came home.
After ten years of being held captive, she is finally rescued and decides to start a fresh, new life.
She finishes school and goes through college, gets a job, eventually marries and buys a house. But when she has children of her own, she struggles with her tragic past, feeling that she has to protect them through everything that they do.
Will her protective care become controlling and overbearing for her children as they grow or will they understand why she's like 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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