Ashley Nicole Asher is finally adjusting to life in the small town of Patience, Texas. She's been going out with Joshua Brandt for three months and he's wild about her...but what will she do when memories of childhood sexual abuse intrude with the natural progression of their relationship?Ashley's mom, Cheryl, marks Ashley's sixteenth birthday by sending her a box full of Ashley's baby clothes and photos with Ashley cut out of every one of them...and Cheryl still won't admit that her late husband, Charlie, stole Ashley's innocence.Dr. Matt, Ashley's slightly unconventional therapist, is determined to help Ashley see that just because her body reacted to the things Charlie did to her, it does not mean that Ashley chose to participate in the abuse, and that the only way to freedom is to embrace truth.As Dr. Matt says, "Life's Messy"--and Ashley's friends and family are finding out just how messy it can be.In a heart-pounding, long-awaited confrontation, Ashley must find a way to get her mom to see that the game playing won't work anymore. Ashley insists on TRUTH IN PATIENCE.