Preface: Sixteen year old Nicole Miller has always had it all. She got good grades, never got in any fights, and always had a smile on her face. But when her older brother Kale, also her best friend, is found in his room dead, her whole life comes crashing down on her. Her ex, Michael, is back in town looking for trouble, her mother is holding on by a thread, and her other older brother, Jake, has disappeared out of her life. Suddenly, Nicole is forced to stay strong and hold back her true feelings from the world. But when she has an unexpected run-in with her brother’s old friend Cris, a mysterious boy with a few secrets of his own, Nicole starts to realize some secrets can’t stay hidden forever and what was truly behind her brother’s suicide.