Channing Mathison was kidnapped when he was 7 years old. Twelve years later he escapes a life of murder, torture, and mayhem. Robbing a bank and killing eight people in order to create a new life - he goes deep, deep undercover two towns away from the facility he was held. There, he falls in love with an english teacher - Declan Emmers. His story can only go uphill from there. Right?