"I ran as fast as my aching legs could bring me. My palms sweating, hair flowly rapidly behind me, I was focused on what's in front of me. My eyes were darted forward towards an old, abandoned Cabin. I could feel the wicked presence of my Step-Father close behind my tracks. I slammed the cabin door open, and quicky scanned the area for a place to hide, and that's where I saw a small like cabnet, I climed inside and tried to stop my hesitant breathing. Moments later, I heard my Step-Father bust into the door and whisper, as if he knew exactly where I was hiding. With a dark, cocky smirk, he whisper aloud "Come here Jess, no one's going to hurt you baby doll. Promise. Now be a girl, and stop fucking hiding." I was silent, so silent all you heard was the running, and rampaging of tiny mice in the cubbords. I had one thing on my mind: Caroline Huges.
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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