"Part of acting is lying through your teeth, and being good at it. I feel like a performer when I'm working. It's because I'm really good at pretending to be happy and upbeat. It's really easy to wear a smile. It's easy to ignore negativity, or complaints, or upset customers. If I just continue to smile, and fight back the headaches, and laugh like a little school-girl, and fight against the ringing pain in my ears, and apologize like a child, and ignore the numbness in my extremities, everything goes well."
Emma is a young, up and coming actor, struggling to make a name for herself, when the past comes knocking on her door. A High School Reunion threatens to bring back memories of past tragedies. Emma and her old High School friends must choose whether to face their demons, to salvage their past, or to run, and continue to live in fear.
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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