After five patient years, Abigail Wyatt\u27s sisterly care is finally paying off: her younger brother, Derek, is abandoning his self-destructive lifestyle and seeking his parents\u27 forgiveness, thus ending the painful estrangement that wounded the whole family. But just as the pieces are falling into place for the prodigal\u27s return, a woman named Karen Brodie is murdered in a local park, and police name Derek as the prime suspect. Rather than standing firm and cemeting the positive changes in his life, Derek succumbs to his cynical fears and runs from the law, leaving Abigail with her hands tied. Literally. Derek\u27s raw panic convinces everyone that he\u27s the killer, everyone except Abigail, who doggedly maintains her brother\u27s ...