Ashley Scott was the kind of girl you could easily forget, she had a plain name and a plain face. With small brown eyes and shoulder length brown hair she was not beautiful nor ugly, she was average. No one knew her, no one remembered her. Her own mother ignored her, she was an only child and never knew what it was like to have someone pay attention to her. Sometimes she wondered what her life would have been like if she had a sibling, a younger sister to adore her and look up to or an older brother would have protected and confided in her. But now she will never know because now she is dead.
This isn't a love story, this does not have a happy ending. This is a story about abuse.
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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