<p>Mary Helen Epperson is worried about her family. Years ago she envisioned a better future. Now they were sliding on a slippery slope. Her thoughts were captivated by no jobs and little money. A disappointing husband, a handicapped daughter and a son who seems determined to fail. Even her oldest daughter, a star in Mary Helen&rsquo;s eyes, is acting strange.&nbsp;<br />
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When Mary Helen accepts money from Gertrude Blackburn and the newly formed Eugenics committee to reveal information about her family, a firestorm is unleashed.<br />
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Her husband is permanently injured, her son disappears and she risks losing her youngest daughter forever. Too late, she realizes what she has done. What she really wrought with her personal thirty pieces of silver.</p>