Sweetgirl

Travis Mulhauser

Percy is sixteen and used to her mama disappointing her. But this time her mama's been gone for nine days and she's been seen up at Shelton Potter's farmhouse. Which means she's strung out on meth again, and who knows when she'll be back. A blizzard rolls in and Percy jumps in her pickup and sets off for the farmhouse. She finds Shelton and a woman passed out on the floor, sleeping off their latest binge. But no sign of her mama. Percy heads upstairs and finds a neglected baby girl, in urgent need of care. Percy knows she has no choice. She has to take the baby and get out of there. But the blizzard shows no sign of stopping and soon her pickup is snowed in. Now she's on foot, and before long cut-throat criminal Shelton wakes up and heads out with his associates, intent on the hunt for whoever has taken the baby.