Charlie was raped by her boyfriend, Austin, when she was fourteen and got pregnant with his baby. He was sent to jail and Charlie was left to raise the child by herself. Five years later, Austin gets let out of jail for good behavior, or so he says. Charlie doesn't want Austin around their daughter, Izzy, because she fears he will hurt her. So, Charlie packs her things and movies from Atlanta, Georgia, to Erie, Pennsylvania. There she meets John Starke, her neighbor who has a terrible past of his own and harbors a secret. The longer Charlie is there, the closer she gets to John. Will his secret make her rethink their entire relationship? Or can she push past it and see the good in him that she saw when she first met him?