Her isolation is broken when a new family moves in nearby. But the neighbors she comes to adore, arrive with their own sordid history of violence, trauma, and sexual abuse that play out in a horrific murder. Left with motherless twins, Almena must make a desperate escape to keep them safe and make a new start in New Haven, CT. But will Almena's tainted past disturb the peace she finds in the sanctity of her new home?