"Well aren't you charming" she said as her giggles rang around the house and through the phone.
"Don't flatter me my lady, I'm a gentleman and I'm most gentle towards females in blue dresses if you know what I mean" I said
"H-h-how did you know a-am in a blue dress" her voice dropping to just above a whisper, the grip on her land line weakened by the slightest as it quivered under her tensed gaze
"Well you tell me now, Claire how comfortable it feels on a scale of one to ten" I said with amusement dancing in his voice.
"Darling........I have eyes everywhere so why don't we just keep the dial tone far away while I come get you yeah" I chuckled
A scream erupted from her lips as she heard the dense voice of the male over the phone, her eyes stared full off emotions as the door was continuously forced open.
She whimpered ever so slightly as the darkness over took her olive coloured frame.
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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