Before the secrets. Before the silence. Before the monster, there was just a girl who learned how.

She didn't choose the silence. It chose her first.

Briar Ridge, 2005. When children start disappearing from her neighborhood, ten-year-old Laura learns her family's most dangerous lesson: composure is armor, silence is safety, and some things stay buried. But a persistent classmate is getting too close to the truth, and Laura is running out of ways to steer her away.

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The White Fence is the prequel to the One Family psychological thriller series. It's the origin story of a woman who learned, before she was old enough to understand the cost, how to protect a secret at any price.