Sometimes the closest friendships exact the highest cost. Pril Henderson and Ruth Campbell have been best friends for a decade, sharing their most intimate thoughts and private desires. So when Ruth goes on vacation with her children and never returns, Pril is confused, hurt, and lonely. And when Ruths husband names Prill as a witness in custody proceedings, she faces on of the most wrenching decisions of her life: Does she testify against her best friend, or stand behind the woman who has inexplicably shattered her family?