Julia's heart pounded against her chest, her hands trembling as she covered her mouth to quiet the faltering breath. "What do I do! What do I do!" Julia thought the door swung open as someone stepped into the darkroom. Julia shrunk deeper into the shadows of a cabinet shielding her presence. Squeezing her eyes shut, Julia heard the footsteps walking around the room and nearing her hiding spot. "Would you like me to help," Sebastian said, its voice ringing in her head. Julia opened her eyes and saw Sebastian sitting on the desk in front of her in full view of the pursuer. Julia screamed at it through her eyes, but it just smiled as her view was blocked by the blood-stained shoes of the intruder...
Secrets and betrayals are intertwined in the history of Julia's family. The death of her father haunting her subconsciousness, in a battle to discover the truth Julia learns to become a person her father would be proud of and one who wishes to return to the beginning before she remembered...
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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