Callie (Lindsay Wagner) is an unwed teenaged mother who gives up her newborn son for black market adoption. She moves from her small town Texas home to Dallas where she meets and marries millionaire newspaper publisher Randall (Dabney Coleman). With her husband´s help, Callie is able to locate her now-grown son Randy (Jameson Parker) and his contemptible wife Sue Lynn (Michelle Pfeiffer). Callie´s ambitions for her son are ruined by Sue Lynn´s interference and an astonishing murder trial.
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