I wake up from some sort of dream.
I'm floating.
"Ana! Get down here! Why is there a smashed glass... ANA! Come clean this up! This will be taken out of your allowance!"
Mom?
"Anastasia Hazel Witchet!"
It suddenly comes flooding back to me. The person, the music too loud, the voices coming from the back of my head screaming do something for yourself. The glass smashing to the floor.
I want to rip my hair out, throw it all away. Just like everything else.
"What the hell Ana! Come down here! Anastasia Hazel! I'm coming to get you..."
I see myself, lifeless on the floor.
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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