Riley Vincent, grew up in Georgia foster care. He has never had much of anything to call his own, unless one counts a recent felony conviction. Quite unexpectedly, his birth mother, Judge Suzanne Vincent, surfaces amidst his legal troubles ready to offer him shelter and the rest of her world. Riley must decide if he can grant his mother clemency for giving him up at birth. In turn, unprepared for her son's ambivalence, Suzanne is forced to learn how to be the mother he wants, instead of the mother she assumes he must need but never had. In this coming of age story, Riley comes to understand and stake claim to his own destiny as the one who has much to give.