Simple

Kevin Lloyd is thirty-four years old, a man with Down Syndrome who has lived his whole life under the steady care of his mother. Their house is all he has ever known, and the neighborhood around it has always been more than streets and porches—it’s been a family of its own.

By day, Kevin works at the local grocery store, stocking shelves and keeping to the rhythms that make him feel safe. But safety shatters the night his mother doesn’t come to pick him up. The car never pulls in. The door never opens.

In the hours and days that follow, grief takes root, and with it, suspicion. Kevin finds himself stumbling through a world where nothing feels certain, where whispers travel faster than truth, and where even a familiar street can feel like a stranger’s.

Take the journey with Kevin as he searches for answers about what happened to his mother. Along the way, you’ll discover what his neighbors never truly saw: that sometimes the people labeled the simplest carry the sharpest eyes—and the heaviest truths.