Fran Benedetto AKA Elizabeth (Beth) Crenshaw is a nurse who enlists the help of a secretive organization to leave New York City and establish a brand-new identity and home for herself and her son in Florida.
Bobby Benedetto is Fran's abusive husband who is looking for her and Robert.
Robert Benedetto AKA Robert Crenshaw is Fran's and Bobby's son. He is the reason that she stayed with Bobby for as long as she has and reason she left Bobby. Robert is 10 years old.
Mike Riordan, is a gym teacher in Florida who befriends both Robert and Fran and gradually takes a romantic interest in Fran.
Grace is Fran's younger sister. Someone very devoted and supportive of Fran and her son, person that Fran could relay up on. She was someone that Fran could open up to.
Cindy is one of the Fran's first friends. She has a daughter going to the same school as robber. Her husband is Craig. She invites Fran to Christmas parties and dinners. .
Bennie is Roberts best and probably the only friend. His parents are immigrants from Cuba. .
2. Main issues.
There are quite a few issues raised in this book. Some resolved and some not. Fran Benedetto who is a part time nurse who is married to police officer Bobby. Bobby is very abusive individual who is beating Fran on constant basis and somehow convinces him self that it was her fault that she got the beating. Fran feels alone and although she realizes that many spouses are secretive about the problem but she just can not handle this any more. She is fed up with this lifestyle and she decides to run away from this abusive relationship as far away as possible. She enlists the help of secretive female organization who is specialized in making women disappear in the sense that their identities and life history is changed. She used this organization because she knew that her husband was cop and he knew how and where to find them She could not relay on calling police because she was afraid that police would not help her being that her husband is police officer him self.