Hayle Davis was just seventeen years old when she panicked and then practically run from her hometown Summersville. This is due to a single person and that is Alex Cross. Hayle thought she loved the man who was twenty-four years old at the time, and she thought Alex loved her too, but when she finally stepped up to confess her love to him all she got back was humiliated in front of everyone she ever cared about. Then Hayle decided to leave, since she couldn't bear the thought of living there any longer. However after being away for eight years now she has no choice but to return for her sister's wedding. Carrie is about to share her life with none other than Alex's brother. Hayle already guesses that nothing good could ever come from the fact that they will become a family…