In the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Zane Bigelow spent his formative years in a stunning, immaculate home. Zane's parents are portrayed by strangers and even his own aunt across the lake as a wealthy surgeon and his fashionable wife who frequently attend their kids' baseball games and ballet performances. Just Zane and his sister are aware of the truth, but when a terrible night finally exposes holes in the façade, Zane flees for college without a second thought.