Killian Luk was only nineteen when he lost his parents to a tragic car accident. He and his six year old sister were orphans, destined to be lost in the system as Killian was of age to take care of Linda since Killian had just moved out at the time - the government moving on from them after the insurance was reimbursed to the remaining Luks - Killian not wanting his only family separated from him, yet Killian barely getting by all the while. He can only do his best in picking up where his parents left off in raising his baby sister...
Linda Luk grew up to the age of thirteen with book smarts beyond her grade levels and a case of loneliness beyond comprehension by her genius older brother. Killian did his best raising her by himself, however he failed to fill the void that grew in her heart over the years that she couldn't quite indicate the origin of. Not wanting to burden her brother with more problems as she was painfuly aware of what he went through on a daily basis just trying to survive in the cruel world they lived in, she took it into her own hands to fill that void elsewhere, having faith in herself that she might just do it. She had never anticipated the next events in her life to be as dire as her coming to in an all grey room, looking up to the man who held the technicolor she called her pathetic life flashing in his eyes.
Meanwhile, Alden Williams is one of his school's loners and no one in Major Mackenzie Secondary School thought that he'd grow interested in anyone else's life except his own, especially not the new girl's. #shawrocketprize
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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