Oh God, Mama. What have I become?
Sixteen-year-old Emily Chandler, eight months pregnant and cradling a broken wrist, wonders who the real monster is as she stands over the bloody body of an unconscious man. She was a normal teenager until a school dance in 1986, when a traumatic event set her on a downward spiral. That was when she met and fell madly in love with a charming but tempestuous 23-year-old named Billy Wilson—but Emily hasn’t told him the complete truth, and Billy has skeletons of his own. Is Billy the knight in shining armor she needs, or just another misstep in her self-destructive path?