How does it feel to be stuck in a dark, gloomy place for days, weeks, months, years? To get constantly tested on, tortured all for no reason at all. You can never leave. You are forced to stay. It's all you've ever known your whole life. You have never seen the outside world. Can we escape? How can we survive this cruelty any longer? The constant ridicule we are forced to face. The mistreatment. We know nothing more. This is our life and we are used to the abuse as we think it is normal. Is the escape too far?
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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