After successfully freeing herself from the chains of abuse at the hand of her former husband, Rachel Hilliard has returned to the warmth and security of her family. When her parents are tragically killed, she accepts the responsibility of guardianship for her younger brother. Overwhelmed by an addiction to heroin, resulting legal problems and a secret he refuses to disclose, he appears unreachable. In her desperate attempts to save him, she is unwillingly drawn into a dark and unscrupulous world.