On the day of her husband's funeral Kyra Latimer is confronted by a young woman with a small son. She claims to be Kyra's daughter. Even though she knows there is no way the young woman can be her child, Kyra takes pity on little Jesse, a boy who has obviously suffered from neglect. But when the boy's mother disappears, leaving Kyra to look after him, it soon becomes apparent that Jesse is no ordinary boy, and she begins to face the truth about the child and how he came to be in her life.