When Frances Carone ( Fern) reaches the end of her rope with her dysfunctional, hostile boyfriend, escaping is the only answer to achieve a clean break. Desperate, she hops on board a freight train. Fern lands in Fields Grove, New Jersey and attempts to navigate her way through a future that is uncertain.

A classified ad in a local paper leads her to the doorstep of Levi Peridi and Alec.