Firefighter Sam Dreher and his wife Danielle are the perfect couple. But after their hopes of happiness are dashed, their marriage fails. When Sam falls in love with another woman, his affair triggers a chain of events that spirals out of control.

In Washington state, 28-year-old Nicole Nieto White is in the middle of a bitter custody battle when she vanishes. Suspicion falls on an online date until her estranged husband Brandon turns up unexpectedly with his face scratched.