"Why are you hiding; not only from him, but yourself??" That's the last thing he whispered before I left.
I don't know, that's my answer. But, of course they'll never know; I'll always say fresh start. Thats not the truth, but they don't need to know because who would want the truth when there the ones hiding it.
-/-/-
Della Rosa,
Twenty years old, and left everything behind. She moved to a town that someone could hardly remember, or care.
Why did she leave, why did she forget, but most importantly; why did they lie.
"I lie because they don't care enough for the truth."
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.
*****
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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