Taylor Michelle Aceti, daughter of Jerome Robert Aceti and Louise Aceti, has always heard stories of a lost friend her father had. Mitchell Hughes. She's never met him, never talked to him, never seen him. All she knows are stories. She's never known why they're estranged, or why he never came back. Until now. When Taylor finds a diary addressed to him, it opens a whole new world. Secrets Jerome kept, reasons he lost his best friend, and where his heart truly lies.