Curiosity Kills The Innocent
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Last published Thu, Sep 19, 2024
The whole town of Maplefield knew Nancy Ballingol was the culprit. She was behind the missing infants from Caremore Hospital at November, 2017. The police had found all the evidence against her. Scarlette Donavour knew but she was not sure. There had been many loopholes and missing information that the police had overlooked but Scarlette had caught those. Now she has taken a vow to find out the full truth, she was doing this just to feed her curiosity and nothing else. This was not going to cause any harm to the people involved or people close to her. Scarlette knew this was dangerous but she was far too gone to think sanely. On her journey to uncover the truth, she finds secrets and a lot of information that some people were desperately trying to hide. Now she was not so sure whether this was a good idea as she originally thought it was. Especially when it came down to her life and the lives of people close to her? How far is Scarlette willing to do and go to find the truth?
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