She thought she had left that life behind forever. She was wrong.
1964: Christaphine is twenty years old, newly married, and
determined to make a home and a life for her and her husband, Tommy. But
when Christaphine discovers Tommy and his friends on the verge of
committing a horrible crime, she does what she has to do to stop them.
Afterwards, she knows she can't ever go home again--so she disappears.
50 years later: When Clemmie's neighbor, Muffin, drags her from
Sunday morning service at Trinity Hill Church, convinced that the man
she's just spotted across the aisle is a dangerous figure from her past,
at first Clemmie thinks she's being dramatic. But as Muffin reveals to
Clemmie what happened in the middle of a field in South Carolina five
decades ago, Clemmie realizes her friend has been keeping dark
secrets--just as Clemmie herself has. And the secrets that belong to
both women are not the kind that can be revealed without dire
consequences...