"You came back here to bury your past....Thing is, you gotta kill it first." Kevin Pearce-baseball star, honor student, the pride of Brighton-was fifteen when he left town in the back of his uncle's cab. He and his buddy Bobby Scales had just committed heinous violence for what they thought were the best of reasons. Kevin didn't want a pass, but he was getting it anyway. Bobby would stay and face the music; Kevin's future would remain bright as ever....

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