"You remember me, don't you, Liam?" It's a rhetorical question. Dark green eyes stare into light brown filled with misery and fear. He keeps on talking. "I must say it was shocking to know you had forgotten about me. Almost hurt my feelings, Liam. I had expected you to run or maybe call the cops, but you stood there all happy while welcoming me into the neighborhood." He chuckles as he grabs his switchblade knife and jabs it into Liam's thigh. "I'm betting you wish you hadn't even woken up that morning." He pats Liam's cheek and walks up to his basement steps whistling a happy tune.
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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