In 1998, sisters Leigh and Callie killed Buddy Waleski, a man who had been sexually abusing Callie for years. They hid the body and moved on with their lives, believing the truth was buried forever.

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The story centers on Leigh Collier and her younger sister, Callie. On the surface, Leigh is a successful criminal defense attorney in Atlanta, married with a stepdaughter, living a stable middle-class life. Callie, a former addict, works as a dog groomer and lives in Leigh’s guesthouse, still fragile from years of trauma.