在这部爱的迷案剧情/惊悚片中,西尔维·皮尔森认为，当她遇到彼得·沃克时，她的梦想实现了。他是善良和爱和西尔维娅很快搬进了他。然后她怀孕了。但西尔维天生患有一种罕见的精神疾病，她的母亲试图劝她不要生下这个孩子。西尔维不顾医嘱，生下了女儿凯莉。由于彼得大部分时间都在出差，西尔维和凯莉就一直单独在一起。西尔维和她心爱的婴儿分不开。后来有一天晚上，她的梦想生活变成了噩梦。她把孩子单独留下了一会儿，回来时发现婴儿床空了。几天后，彼得也消失了，但由于她的精神状况，西尔维成了调查凯莉失踪案的主要嫌疑人。在警察的监视下，她独自一人又害怕，开始寻找她的家人。最终，她找到了凯莉。但是她和她的孩子一起发现的是一张欺骗和谎言的网，这将撕裂她的生活。
Sylvie Pearson thinks her dreams have come true when she meets Peter Walker. He is kind and loving and Sylvia quickly moves in with him. Then she becomes pregnant. But Sylvie was born with a rare mental disorder and her mother tries to persuade her not to have the baby. Rejecting medical advise, Sylvie gives birth to a daughter, Cally. With Peter away on business much of the time, Sylvie and Cally spend all their time together alone. Sylvie is inseparable from the baby she adores. Then one night, her dream life becomes a nightmare. She leaves her baby alone for a few moments and returns to find the cot empty. Within days, Peter disappears as well but, because of her mental condition, Sylvie has become the prime suspect in the investigation of Cally's disapearance. Alone and afraid, with the police watching her, she starts to look for her family. Eventually, she finds Cally. But what she discovers along with her baby is a web of deception and lies that will tear her life apart.
