COBB MILLS, a former philosophy professor arrives in a small, dusty town to fulfill his yearly visit to the site of his daughter's tragic car accident. Upon his arrival, he discovers that his daughter memorial marker has been colorfully decorated by a striking, young woman name NASH. The two strike up a friendship which quickly becomes a passionate romance. As this new budding relationship begins to grow roots, darkness descends. Nash's tyrannical ex-husband arrives in town demanding that she return his life savings, which she took when she left him five years ago. With the chance at happiness once again, Cobb delves head first into Nash's dark past in the hopes of saving her and his new found happiness.