"Do you know why you are in this court room today miss Ngorima?"
I looked the judge straight in the eye, an old man putting up an act , the great judge Ronald's , yeah great judge my ass ,he is one of the most crooked men I know ,I might just add him to my hit list.
"Well at this point your honor I haven't the foggiest clue ,is it because I'm black or because you're going to try and pin another crime on me because I was at the scene."
"Murder miss Ngorima. You're here on the account of murder. Just like the last 15 times you were in my court room."
"Oh well."
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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