SHE WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE THERE

Dr. Eileen Maher is a forensic psychologist known for her precision — and her detachment. But when a missing student’s cold case is quietly reclassified and buried, something doesn’t add up. The student, Leila Santos, vanished six years ago without a trace — or so the file claims. A found notebook. A torn tape. A reference to a classified lab no longer in operation. As Maher pulls on the threads, she uncovers an underground university experiment designed to implant and overwrite memory — not just in test subjects, but in witnesses and even investigators. The deeper she goes, the more the facts begin to blur — not because of a lack of evidence, but because memory itself has been engineered to lie. Someone — or something — is rewriting people. Maher’s investigation leads her through abandoned archives, corrupted digital tapes, and deeply buried witness testimonies. What emerges isn’t just a conspiracy — it’s a system. Designed to control, reshape, and delete. Leila wasn’t just lost — she was reauthored. As Maher closes in on the truth, she finds herself questioning not only the case, but her own past, her choices, and her memories. Is she remembering… or participating? She Was Never Supposed to Be There is a psychological mystery thriller exploring identity, memory manipulation, and the terrifying idea that truth is no longer what happened — but what was designed to be remembered. Think Shutter Island meets Black Mirror, with a female protagonist in a world where reality is unstable, and memory is currency.