Summary

Chapter 1 introduces Anna at 17 currently in hiding with her infant daughter, Chloe, somewhere in Virginia. Under the stroller is a stash of over $100,000 in cash. The focus shifts to South Carolina and introduces Jack playing piano while high on pain killers. His roommate left for Virginia to rescue a girl.

Chapter 2 moves 10 years into the future and introduces Gavin. He has just broken up with his girlfriend Karen and the shower is leaking. Gavin works as a reporter for the New York Star, but it isn’t the dream job he thought it would be. He wears a fedora and carries an old camera. He romanticized being an investigative reporter, but realizes now that the job has changed with the times. He feels too much of journalism is entertainment news. He talks to his friend and co-worker Silas, and Silas explains that...