With his guilty conscience becoming too much to bear, Danny is determined to uncover the truth about who was responsible for covering up the cuddle and visits an old confidant for some valuable insight. Jo's own sense of guilt leads her to question the motives of a friend. Lacey tries to be a good friend to Whitney while struggling to define their complex new relationship. Tess receives some devastating news as she and Kyle try to move on with their lives.
Danny Desai is a charismatic 16-year-old with a troubled past who returns to his hometown after spending five years in juvenile detention.
Immediately branded an outcast, Danny attempts to reconnect with his two childhood best friends, Jo and Lacey, and to smooth over tensions with his mother Karen, whose socialite status plummeted after her son's imprisonment and the mysterious disappearance of her husband, Danny's father.
When a fellow student is found dead in her home, Danny instantly becomes the prime suspect and town spirals into a frenzy of suspicion and mystery. Jo and Lacey must decide if their childhood friend is unforgivable, or if he's really a victim being persecuted for his own twisted secrets.