When I was little I was beaten by my dad at least once a week. He's a drunk, does dip (tobacco), and didn't have a job. I cry when nobody's looking. Do you know that? Do you? Of course you don't. I'm now twelve years old. My dad started beating me when I was two, and told me to never tell anyone. Do you want to know what happened?

Katerina Herald has something to hide, something very real. Facing an absent mother and an especially angry father- she's become used to cowering. However, when the new student Cain Masters rolls in, he becomes intrigued by the struggle Kat faces. With his insistent prodding and her looming graduation from high school, can she really get by with a little help from her friends? Is survival possible in a house of hatred?