"It would be a pity if I ruin your pretty little face, now wouldn't it? So how about this, you do everything I say, and I guarantee that you won't get hurt." He whispered menacingly while pulling on my hair, making my head hurt more than it already does.
I spat in his face and I watched as his surprised face morph into one of those horrifying faces that make you want to run away and shit your pants. His eyebrows were knitted together, eyes dark as the night, nostrils flaring, and lips in a thin line. He was furious. He swung his arms back and I didn't have time to realize what he was doing before I recoiled from the blow. I fell backwards on the hard floor, hitting my head on the process, and before I knew it, I was out cold.
Living the life she had always wanted; with a perfect boyfriend, a house of her own, loving parents, the fame, the money, a perfect pretty face and a body to match, 18 year old Jade Harrison couldn't ask for anything more in her life.
That is until one day, everything goes spiraling down the moment she received a message from an unknown person. From a very particular person.
He knows everything there is to know about her, he follows her around, he watches her every move almost all the time. He stalks her. He is obsessed with her. And he will stop at nothing to get her. That's why, she might just be kidnapped by a psycho.
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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