"Show yourself", I screamed, spinning in circles, gun held out in front of me.
I was met with an uneasy silence that had shivers running down my spine.
"I'm not messing around anymore", I shouted, the gun shaking slightly.
"And neither am I"
I turned at the sound of their voice, my jaw dropping as my eyes landed on the figure. "Y-you?"
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Her best friend, the Queen Bee was murdered and accusations were thrown round. Summer just wanted to move on, but no such luck. She had a target on her head, she knew she was next. Someone knew the secret, a secret they had kept for years. It was supposed to be taken to the grave, but someone found out.
She was being threatened, she was going to be killed. She was being watched, she could feel it. She wasn't going down without a fight. She was making sure the secret was taken to the grave.
She was going to make them Keep the Secret.
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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