A vicious roadside attack has interrupted Alan's trek and robbed him of his one source of solace: the ability to walk. When a mysterious woman enters his life and invites him into her home, Alan realizes he must help her with her journey before he can return to his own.

A few weeks before Christmas Jacob Churcher receives a call informing him that his estranged mother has passed away and left her house to him. Jacob returns not just to settle the estate but to try to reconcile with the past. While cleaning out the house, he discovers a diary left by a woman named Noel, who stayed with Jacob's family during her pregnancy. Then Jacob has an unexpected visitor: Rachel, a woman looking for the mother who put her up for...