When policewoman Samantha Romans fails to intervene in a shooting where her own son dies, she draws the condemnation of her colleagues and community and the attention of ambitious journalist, Jamie Connard. Keen to reignite the career she put on hold to have children, Jamie ignores Romans' pleas to be left alone and pursues her relentlessly. With nothing to lose, Romans retaliates by forcing Jamie into a night of terror that threatens everything Jamie holds dear.