Claire is the newest teacher at Westerbrook High School, quietly enigmatic despite her beautiful appearance. Despite being dissatisfied with her marriage to college sweetheart Matt Mitchell, she has distanced herself from her brother Nate Wilson and desires connection desperately. She befriends fellow teacher Kathryn Sanders, who introduces her to Eric, a charming all-American senior in her English class. Eric is popular and outgoing, captain of the soccer team, and nearly inseparable from his best friends Logan Davis and Josh Smith. He juggles school pressures, college applications, part-time jobs, and taking care of younger brothers for his mother Sandy while also helping Claire prepare for her SAT test. Their relationship quickly becomes entangled with each other crossing boundaries. As their friendship evolves, a subtle game of grooming begins, resulting in permanent damage that affects them all.
Claire starts her first day teaching at a new school and meets her students, ...