People think it is the big things that change lives: winning the lottery, becoming famous, meeting your soulmate. But what if a single picture can change the future for one ordinary girl. A picture that was taken fourteen years ago.
I guess you could say I have a boring life. Boring is in my comfort zone. Boring, but content. when I stumble across a photograph taken fourteen years ago, my life takes a sharp turn. Whether for better or worse? Time can only tell. But something is not right. The round little face that smiles out of the picture. She shouldn't be there. She can't be there. Why is she there?
Something is not right.
I am the girl in the picture.
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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