Recent events have thrown Zoe Green into a state of cynicism and distrust, which provokes an interest in the dark and twisted corners of people's minds. Being a double major in English and psychology, Zoe decides to become a therapist to discover through her patients' baggage all of the reasons why she should not grow close to others. She instead realizes that she can utilize her knowledge of the inner workings of the human mind to control the people around her. Then one drunken night, Zoe visits her ex-husband, Ryan. However, things take a turn for the worse when Ryan is found dead in his home the next day. As the police unravel the story through traditional methods, Zoe undergoes her own investigation, but through manipulation and deceit. What she finds out is more than she wanted to know.