Claudia, a lonely single mother, overlooked by her community and unable to get through to her son, longs for connection. Her opportunity comes when a local child, Emily, goes missing.
When the search for Emily becomes a murder investigation, Claudia’s compulsive investigation gets out of hand. She uncovers an even darker truth hiding in the house across the street.
Claudia refuses to believe that George could be innocent and desperately starts digging into his past, choosing to ignore her increasing unease about her son's strange behaviour.
As the community turns on the Winters, Claudia is convinced that the police have made a mistake. Claudia, desperate to do something truly good with her life, takes drastic action.