Chicago was seemingly a nice area for the Wildes family, they had family all over North America, some back in Ireland, but had the majority of the family from all over North America. Chase's family had settled in Chicago after Shiro was born, Chase was born in Illinois, but in Springfield. Though, Chase was on the football field practicing for soccer tryouts with Tatum. Chase had an odd feeling that day, but he brushed it off as anxiety for tryouts. But little did he know, soccer tryouts would be ending early that day. Tatum and Chase were standing together, stretching out when their coach called the participants. He announced that there was a derecho storm on the way and it would be arriving quite sooner than expected. They all had to go home.
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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