Jimmy was a young boy living with his mom and dad in the small town of Royalton Illinois. His father was an alcoholic and never worked. He had no friends and was bullied in school. One day while taking out the trash, he found a Teddy bear laying on the ground. This bear became his only friend. After the last beating on him and his mother, she got a divorce and they moved in with his aunt and uncle. Jimmy vowed he would kill his father on his sixteenth birthday. That was a day the people of Royalton would never forget.