Sarah and her sister share a lifetime of abuse by their father while their mother does nothing. Sarah reaches out for help and child services lets them down and abandons them. Sarah takes the drastic step of killing her father and attempting to kill her mother. Sarah goes to trial and gets off because of the abuse. She and her sister go on to live with their teacher and her husband. Sarah has struggled to come to terms with what she did and was hospitalized. She reconciles with her mother and forgives her. She triumphs and goes on to be adopted by her teacher and her husband along with her little sister.