Michelle Sterling is a 23-year-old woman, whose family was considered to be the biggest Mafia family in Canada. Summer after she finished high school, she came home with her two nephews to find her entire family held at gunpoint by the second biggest Mafia family In Canada, Mason wanted to marry her. When her uncle said no, Mason gave the orders and shoots everyone, including her. She woke up in the hospital to find out Mason and his family made her family's deaths look like a house fire. The only living family she has left is her week-old newborn nephew, Liam. Her nurse helps her escape Canada and she constantly moves until she reaches New York, Manhattan. She settles down for a few years until her past comes back to haunt her.