When her boyfriend is naively sucked into the Mob, a young woman spends years trying to reconcile her days as a school teacher against her nights as a mob mistress. Eventually, the distraught young woman flees the familiarity of the east coast with her young daughter to begin a new life in Seattle. Though tortured by leaving her lover behind, she is now free of the Mafioso's hold. After peaceful years in the Pacific Northwest, her life takes another dangerous turn: a recent fling turns up dead, and the woman's fingerprints are found on the handgun that killed him.When a million-dollar bail is mysteriously posted and a hot-shot defense lawyer arrives from San Francisco, her friends want answers - so does the FBI. Delving into the investigation head first, authorities hit a wall when they find no record of the petite office manager's history before her arrival 20 years ago.Is this seemingly innocent woman what she appears to be or has she been framed? Who is watching out for her and what forces have shaken her destiny? Could this single mom really be a killer?