Returning from a visit with her parents, Penny finds her house deserted. She can't shake the feeling that something is not quite right. A stranger phones with information about her husband. What Penny learns changes her life forever. The comfort and security of her twenty-five-year marriage is gone, her husband is gone, and her son is acting up. Hurt and angry with her husband's betrayal and his attempts to steamroll her life, she struggles to carry on.

When her life finally starts turning around, Jack Bennett arrives at the scene, sending her into a tailspin again.