Cake Tastings, dress shopping and planning the perfect evening are the only things Peyton Maning should be worrying about. However, with only one month to go before her wedding, she finds a box of letters hidden away in her closet. These letters, used as evidence in the trial of her ex-boyfriend, document her former relationship. Curiosity strikes as she reads the letters, bringing back all the memories of her former life – the good and the bad. By re-living her past as a victim, Peyton discovers her new fiancé has a little more in common with her ex then she would like. Soon she has to make a decision. Will she stay with the man she planned to marry, return her ex-boyfriend or find the freedom she has always desired? Lower Cases and Capitols offers a rare insight of domestic abuse through both the persona of the victim and the abuser.