SPOILER ALERT!!! DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU HAVE FINISHED MY OTHER STORY 'THE END OF SUMMER HAZE' --- They said she was crazy. They said she was dangerous. They said she was broken. And she used to think she could get away with what she wanted. Until she couldn't. After emotionally attaching herself to someone who didn't want her, and then falling in a self-destructive path in response, Allie Valence's parents decided their was only one place for her to go... Grinton Locke Acres... Home for the mentally insane. Under the false guise of boarding school, and with her admirer Felicia following close behind her, Allie dutifully leaves, expecting a cushy ride into the 'loony bin.' But when people start dying, and interests become crossed, a serious question arises in Allie's mind... In a house for people who are crazy...is anyone truly sane?
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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