Annabeth Chase and Mindy Macready are living entirely different lives, on different sides of town, never meant to meet. When Mindy looks under her dad's bed she will find something that changes both of their lives forever.

When Mindy and Dave go away on vacation to Vancouver for a week, something unexpected takes place, sending a dizzying array of events to come in the days to follow. Will Big Daddy, survivor of that tragic burning, be able to save his little girl and her boyfriend? Or will he face defeat and lose everything he worked so hard to save? AU.

"Life fell apart for all of us, not just me. Mom turned into a drunk and Katniss tried to care for me, but soon our drunken mother started to beat us, blaming dad's death on us. And that's when Kat left; not being able to take any more of the pain that my father's death brought us emotionally; and the pain my mother brought us physically. I've never felt so alone."