Twenty-year-old Sarah Jones has no idea that the night of June 30, 1978, will be the beginning of the worst years of her life. A single mother living with her parents outside of Denver, Colorado, Sarah is a shy girl with few friends and even less self-confidence. She works two jobs to take care of life's necessities and helps provide for her daughter, Tina. That night in the "Riverview Bar," she meets a man that will change her life. In the beginning, Sarah is enamored with William "Bill" Taylor's easy-going personality. She falls in love and believes she has finally met "Mr. Right." There is nothing that she won't do for him. In spite of the street life that Bill leads, she thinks being a good woman will win him over. It didn't take long before Sarah discovers she harbors the wrong perception of love. Soon, Sarah becomes involved in a destructive cycle of mental and physical abuse. Her main objective is to protect Tina and her new daughter, Alisha. At First, Sarah struggled for his love. Now, she is struggling for her life.