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. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ 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.