Summary

In Chapter 1, readers discover that Rachel's, brother, Micah, is a meth addict. Rachel knew about his addiction long before her parent's did because Micah had confided in her and she had covered for him -- something that she later regrets as the thought that she could have saved him in some way haunts her. When her mother and father finally found out, they sent him to rehab and went to meetings with him. In the end, however, he ended up using drugs again.

One morning, Rachel got up and discovered that Micah didn't come home the night before. Her mother told her that Micah went to visit their uncle for the summer, but her body language, plus what's missing from Micah's room, alerts Rachel to the fact that's he had run away from home. Rachel decided to move on. That is, until she...