Publisher's Synopsis
When eighteen-year-old Joshua Mayo takes a man's life in a terrible accident, he leaves the scene without reporting the crime to the police. But, inevitably, he ends up telling his mother, Karen, what happened. Karen has raised Joshua on her own in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and thought they'd finally made it. He was doing well in school and had a scholarship to his dream university. After hearing his confession, she's forced to make a choice no parent should have to make. A choice that draws them both into a web of deceit that will change their lives forever...