By mistake, Phoebe receives a letter that Jalon mails to someone else. She returns it to him along with a small note. A pen-pal releationship begins and blossoms into a more lasting bond between the two. Pheobe lives with an overbearing aunt who knows nothing about the letters. When Jalon suggests they meet in person she immediatly gets nervous because she has not shared her entire past with him. What happens when Jalon shows up the Birch Creek unannounced at her Aunts door step?