Denise is just eighteen when her family's responsibility falls on her shoulders. She moves from one job interview to another without success. When Desmond Travel Agency calls her for the second interview her hopes are raised, only to be thwarted by a marriage proposal from the boss, Desmond Tumwiine. Denise is not prepared to marry a man old enough to be her father and for whom she has no feelings. However, her uncle Richard sees Desmond as a gold mine and a solution to their present strife. Denise is given no choice but to go ahead with the marriage. Just three days before her wedding, Denise disappears and Louise, her widowed mother, is not short of suspects. When Denise's sister Annabella goes missing as well, Louise's nerves are left in terror. In the midst of her fear and despair she receives two phone calls that will change the family's life forever....