Lily and Charlie are best friends: a boy and his cat. So when Lily sees Charlie's bruises and realizes someone is hurting him, she is determined to get to the bottom of things. Who would do something so terrible? But Lily is up against many challenges in trying to get her family to focus on Charlie.
Lily thinks Mom's new boyfriend is charming, but he's also a stranger. Kevin, the oldest boy, is falling apart because he misses his dad, who was kicked out months earlier. Victoria, the middle child, has a cruel boyfriend who Lily despises and suspects may be Charlie's bully.
Most strangely, why is Dad carrying his gun, even when he's off-duty?
Sometimes, in a family, it's hard to know where the threat really lies.