Following her mother's dying revelation, Kirsty's life is about to unravel. Shocked to learn that her father is not Rick, the man serving time for armed robbery whom she hates and fears, but a wealthy accountant named David, she seeks him out. Desperate to form a relationship with him, she hides the shameful truth about Rick's imprisonment, but her attempt to make a new life for herself is fraught with problems in the face of David's unreceptive wife and spoilt possessive daughter. As Kirsty is soon to discover, the past is not so easily silenced and the real nightmare begins with Rick's untimely release from prison and the harrowing events that follow.