![]() ![]() ![]() Justice, Jaleel finds, can be a powerful-but dangerous-rock on which to build a life of honor and courage. Justice, Alex learns, can be a strange and nebulous thing, easily enmeshed in webs of loyalty and betrayal. While the forces of the law try to unravel the mysterious death-or at least find a scapegoat-the two youths see the trajectories of their lives entwine, unravel, and come together again. One day, a simple cup of lemonade unites their lives, leading to a maze of adultery and murder that shatters Alex's youthful innocence and Jaleel's struggle to reshape his life. ![]() A world away, Alexandra "Alex" Baten is growing up amid all the material comforts a wealthy Los Angeles lawyer can provide. Twelve-year-old Jaleel Robeson is on the run after the police in his tiny Texas town try to frame him for the death of his father. ![]()
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