The Noose Scott's reoccurring vision of a hangman's noose threatens Eddy's plans to include his clairvoyant friend in the family reunion. "Nothing but nothing is going to interrupt our holiday," Eddy declares. But fate has other plans for Eddy, Scott, and Eddy's mother. Daran's guilt is forcing him to extreme measures of restitution for poor choices made in the past. Alcohol cannot drive the accusing faces away. Can Azrael, the death angel, help him change? What is the secret that Daran hides and who is he afraid of?