Children of the streets
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On the edge of a dense forest, in a run-down 90s trailer park, a group of abandoned kids has built their own kind of family-one bound by survival, secrets, and the belief that they can only trust each other. Then Emily arrives.
She's different from them-new to town, from a world they don't belong to-but somehow, she becomes one of them. Until the night she's murdered.
Fear poisons their fragile bond. Was it a stranger lurking in the woods, or did the danger come from within? As buried secrets rise and trust crumbles, they're forced to face the truth: this was never just a home. It was a ticking time bomb.
And if they don't uncover the killer soon, Emily won't be the last to die.
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