He shows her a family of endangered sea turtles nesting on the beach near their home. After Ronnie’s shoplifting arrest, Steve affirms his belief in her innocence and vows to stand behind her. Jonah begs to help with the project, and Steve teaches him to work with the glass. Steve wants to play a meaningful role in restoring the sanctuary where he learned to play piano and heard about God’s love. The church burned down several months earlier, injuring his friend and mentor, Pastor Harris. Steve shows Jonah a stained-glass window he’s building for his church. Meanwhile, Steve and Jonah fly kites and enjoy the beach. Since Ronnie shoplifted once before in New York, a second conviction would land her in serious trouble. Blaze gets her revenge by putting CDs in Ronnie’s bag while they’re in a store, so it appears that Ronnie has stolen them. He convinces Blaze that Ronnie is after him. Marcus has other ideas, deciding he wants to claim Ronnie for himself. Ronnie begins spending time with Blaze and her friends, including a hard-partying sociopath named Marcus, whom Blaze considers her boyfriend.

After a handsome beach volleyball player spills soda on her, a highly-pierced, gothic-looking girl named Blaze helps Ronnie find a clean shirt. After Steve left, Ronnie refused to play the piano again. Ronnie’s love and talent for music afforded her the chance to play at Carnegie Hall at 13. Steve was once a concert pianist, Juilliard professor and Ronnie’s piano teacher. She‘s especially angry when he plays the piano. She dreads spending the summer with the father she hasn’t spoken to since he left their family three years ago.įrom the moment she arrives, Ronnie speaks rudely to her dad, Steve, and does her best to avoid him. She has no desire to leave New York City for Wrightsville Beach, NC, with her 10-year-old brother, Jonah. Veronica “Ronnie” Miller is 17 and angry.

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