Setting the scene…
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Sweet silent songbird
16 year old Lyla has been moving from foster home to foster home until finally she moves in with her aunt who she has never met. Suddenly her boyfriend Jake the only good person in her life dies unexpectedly on a train ride to see her…
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Previously
…“Can you?” I asked, my voice laced with a new, chilling certainty. “Can you explain why Jake was killed? Can you explain why you have his locket, and this note?” I pulled the folded papers from my pocket, my hand shaking. “Can you explain Sterling Investments? And who ‘R’ is?” Her breath hitched. She took a step back, her gaze darting to the spilled eggs, then back to me, her eyes filled with a desperate, hunted look. The warm, welcoming aunt I thought I knew was gone, replaced by a stranger with a mask of fear and something far more sinister lurking beneath. The weight of her secret, I realized with a sickening lurch, was crushing her. And it was about to crush me too.