Kevin Derocher was thirty-two when he walked into Tom's office, newly married, a baby on the way, and the collar of his red flannel shirt pulled up to hide the bruises around his throat from when he hanged himself in his garage. After the initial consult, therapist Tom Langois believes he'll never see Kevin again -- until Kevin turns up three years later to make repairs on Tom's new house. They become fast friends, and Tom suspects Kevin may be interested in more than friendship. However, Kevin remains haunted by something from his childhood -- something so terrible he's blocked it from his mind. These suppressed memories make it impossible for Kevin to get close to anyone without panicking and lashing out, sometimes violently. As his past begins to surface, it becomes clear Kevin may hold the key to a twenty-five-year-old mystery: what happened to Billy?