Rachel Blum and Andy Landis are eight years old when they meet late one night in
an ER waiting room. Born with a congenital heart defect, Rachel is a veteran of
hospitals, and she's intrigued by the boy who shows up all alone with a broken
arm. He tells her his name.
She tells him a story. After Andy's taken back to
the emergency room and Rachel's sent back to her bed, they think they'll never
see each other again. Rachel, the beloved, popular, and protected daughter of tw
o doting parents, grows up wanting for nothing in a fancy Florida suburb.
