It was all supposed to be so simple and so perfect. Seven days before Clare's due date, Hal and Marla would drive from Chicago to Connecticut to arrive in time to share in the birth of their newest grandchild. At the same time, they would care for their grandson Kyle, since Clare's husband was on a navy deployment and couldn't be there for the birth. After all, how difficult can it possibly be to care for a precocious five-year-old? And Clare would only be in the hospital a day or two after delivering. Grandparents are perfectly capable of attending a young child for that long, right?But the new addition to the Masters household was anything but what everyone was expecting. For eight days, life would become a hellish nightmare for Hal, who must muster every ounce of courage and faith from deep inside his soul to confront something he could neither understand nor safeguard his family against.