35 years ago, something happened. Something that didn't make sense, something that was unexpected and something Heather Ciara, the third had never seen coming. Stuck on the same bus for the next god-knows-how-many years, she gave up hope trying to understand what happened and why she was stuck on that bus.
Until she met Clarabel Meadows who was surprisingly, her only companion after decades, but "how?" was a question that wouldn't stop haunting either of them.
Confused, lost, definitely scared, they try to figure out the truth of what happened that day while trying to navigate through their feelings in a world so uncharted where failure meant game over.
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inspired by prompt 20 of the ONC 2023 - details in introduction
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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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