Greg had gone to Charleston South Carolina for a pleasant visit and get a thorough medical once over by his brother and best friend - a ranking physician at the Medical University of South Carolina.  Incidental discovery of advanced pancreatic cancer = had drastically changed his plans and now he was backdoor enrolled in a promising chemotherapy trial in hopes of rerouting his dismal prognosis.  This required him to be in Charleston Six Weeks for a Brother to supply treatment and monitor his blood work.

While there, he becomes acquainted with other cancer patients through his work as a home repairman and hires Chayce, a waitress at Magnolia's restaurant, to serve as his daytime guide in Charleston.  His illness remains a secret from her as does his growing affection because he knows his future is so uncertain.

Through the friendships he formed with three cancer families, and through the daily glimpses into Chayce’s own struggles, Greg found himself softening. Two divorces had left him hard-edged, a bit bitter, but now, standing at a crossroads with mortality pressing close, he couldn’t ignore the way people’s lives—fragile, messy, hopeful—were quietly reshaping his own.

It was uncertain if he would be able to find his way home.