What We Forgot at the Lake - What They Buried at the Lake Wasn’t Just the Past

Margot Elise Winters

Sinossi

Three estranged siblings return to their remote childhood lake house to settle their late father’s estate—but what they unearth among the faded memories may destroy what little binds them.Daniel wants order. Eve seeks closure. Jonah only craves the truth. But when they discover a sealed letter hinting that their mother’s long-ago disappearance was no accident, old wounds split wide open. Each sibling clings to conflicting memories of that fateful summer—some clear, others fragmented beyond trust.As rising tensions fracture their fragile reunion, a torn journal page and an unsettling home movie reveal a disturbing presence none of them can explain. Long-buried secrets churn beneath the lake’s placid surface, and the house itself seems to breathe with silent knowing.What did they forget—or force themselves to forget?As storm clouds gather inside and out, the siblings must confront not only the truth about their mother... but the shadowy parts of themselves they buried long ago.Some memories drown. Some refuse to stay dead.How far would you go to protect the ones you love from the truth?

Disponibile da: 02/08/2025.

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