Jesse Rayburn was the all-American kid that had his dreams within sight and in his grasp, only to see them all disappear with his girlfriend's pregnancy and the birth of his daughter. Forced to do the right thing and marry, he begins a long, downward spiral that leads to addiction, drug abuse, isolation, violence, and crime. Twenty-five years later, Jesse steps out of prison and begins the process of trying to start his life over. At first, he doesn't know what to do and again feels that the whole world is out to get him, but he slowly begins to realize that he wants to find the source of the anger that led him down this path, his daughter. With the help of a counselor that helps him realize the havoc he has caused is of his own doing and an alcoholic private investigator that can't stand him but needs the money, Jesse begins the process of finding his daughter in the hopes that it may help him find himself.