Mia Li has a secret... A secret that she has been hiding since she was eight years old, but Mia will no longer allow this secret to influence her life. One irrevocable decision turns Mia Li into a fugitive - it would seem that this should weaken and frighten her, However, Mia has never been so full of life. Under the name Paige Cassidy, Mia is ready to start a new life in which her damaged past cannot interfere with her bright future. A long-distance bus takes Paige from Los Angeles to South Boston, Virginia, where she will begin her new life. Where will she look for the mother who left her at the age of three? But she has to find four people who will change her destiny forever. But no one is able to escape from her own past... A past full of bitter memories, ready to emerge from the shadows.