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In the Tonto National Forest near Phoenix, Az, a small plane crashes and leaves a seventeen-year-old girl homeless. Although she survives the crash, her mental state is severely strained as she has suffered abuse at the hands of her adopted parents. Her grandparents refuse to accept her into their lives, and she is to become a ward of the state unless her biological mother can be found. She expresses a desire to the lawyer of her parents' estate that he locate this woman. In Pinehurst, N. C. Jeri McKenna receives a Special Delivery letter notifying her of the crash and the young girl's wish. It is a frighening disclosure for Jeri who has never revealed the truth to her new family. After much soul-searching, she responds to the girl's plea, and Jeri leaves for Phoenix where a battle of emotions is played out between the two before their return to Pinehurst where they hope to come to terms with the past, Jeri's rape, and Liz's abuse.