"Mason, I'm going to marry you" Mason Giggles.
"Not if I marry you first" His hand caresses the nape of my neck. We fall back into the fluffy grass.
"What time do you have to be home?" He asked, dreading the moment I have to leave.
"I have to be home by 10"
"It's 9:45 we better get going" he jumps to his feet. Mason has always been respectful of my parents and my curfew. He pulls me to my feet and we bolt in my houses direction. As we run, my hair whips me in the face. OUF! I yelp as I trip. I can't hear Masons steps anymore. "Mason? Mason?!" I yell. Something covers my mouth, I scratch at the arm holding the cloth. I feel drops of liquid drip down onto my shirt. I struggle and gasp for air, everything goes black.
I wake up facing a wall, a black wall. The room is so dark. I rub my eyes, and try to get up. I can't, there's something holding my arms down, handcuffs. There's a small white dresser in the room, and the bed is a simple mattress.
"Hello? Help!!" I scream.
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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