As adults, Louise Copperfield and Charlotte Hoar react in different ways to their experience at high school, one with emotional difficulties for which she blames herself and the other with feelings of worthlessness. Charlotte seeks vengeance for imagined injustices. Louise's husband, Frank, is lured into fraudulent practices that could see him in prison if Louise tells the authorities. Stuart Larcombe has a history that he does not want exposed. When Louise threatens both Larcombe and Bannister with exposure she becomes a target for murder.