Unaware that Mom moved until David tells him, Dez heads to Winona, Minnesota, to join his brother in tracking her down. They discover her home in a state of mild neglect: newspapers on the stoop, plants in need of water.
She can't be reached by phone. Friends say she's on vacation, but there's no credit card activity to confirm the theory. Other peculiar details arise, and the inside joke Dez and David shared as children becomes plausible. Was Mom some kind of federal operative? A spy?
In the meantime, a crisis strikes the Langfords. Stevie steps up, demonstrating a strength of family Dez envies as he struggles to rebuild connections with the distant Duchienes.
A devastating accident and a slew of life-altering decisions throw Dez into turmoil. Can he find answers for both families before his world is torn apart?