Plot Flesh Out

Dustin has been working on the plot for the book.  His initial idea that a drifter is taken in and tries to rape the woman who took him in. To defend herself, she almost kills him and runs away. Her father the local minister finds him, finishes it. The body is found and then the father gets the blame. He won't tell anyone his daughter was raped, she's engaged to a college boy going to va tech, will "make it" if he doesn't. The family is shunned, he's kicked out of the church. The gritty nature of the appalacian life comes to bear.

From a story perspective, some additional questions to answer through the development of the plot would be:

• Why would a woman take in a drifter? Is she living with parents and they take the drifter in?  Is this someone she knows and because of that feels safe?  If so, whats the story there.
• Does the girl run away, or does the drifter run away? 
• How does the father discover this?
• How does the father finish this? 
• How will this dichotomy of "getting out" of the mountains be portrayed through the boyfriend?
• I'm wondering if a baby should be involved, i.e. does the girl become pregnant? 
• How does it end?