Jesse Thorpe spent most of his high school years in the shadow of his best friend, Kirk Preston. Kirk is the handsome, popular quarterback of the football team and revered by the entire town of Meadows, Massachusetts. Jesse and Kirk remain best friends after high school graduation and continue to live in the small New England town. Jesse struggles to make ends meet as a sales representative, while Kirk lives the life of a playboy, thanks to a large trust fund from the estate of his deceased parents. Jesse is away on a business trip to Indiana, when he receives news that dramatically changes his life. - Kirk is dead A nationwide manhunt is underway for the suspect - Jesse Thorpe. How can that be?