One June morning in 2013 in Dundalk, MD, cleaning lady Myra goes to the property office and sees a nightmare scene. The office has been ransacked and manager Melinda Schaefer is dead.

When Andrea Farrington meets fellow employee Alex Kozak, she feels that romance could be on the horizon, then Farrington's hopeful feelings are replaced by suspicion and fear, leading to a final rejection that has fatal consequences.