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Aster Rowen Neal witnessed death at a young age.
Halle Roslyn Jacquez died at a young age.
After years of being the only person who could see Halle, Rowen agrees to help her late best friend. Halle remembers the clammy palms that smothered her, the blue eyes that promised death, the callused skin that allowed pain, but she can't remember her killer's name.
Halle aged with Rowen, living her experiences and witnessing her life from afar. Rowen kept Halle a secret, but she kept an even bigger secret from Halle.
She was there the night Halle died.
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