Despite her history, Maddie's come back to town after a six-year absence. And she's brought her son back, too. She had him with Cole, a man she was madly in love with. She had no chance with Cole because he was the son of a notable family—she wrote him a letter to tell him about the pregnancy, but he never replied. Cole, for his part, feels all his anger toward Maddie coming back when he hears about her return. She's the woman who dumped him and eloped with her mother's lover, yet she has the gall to act like an innocent! He wants to know just why she's come back to town now. What is her game?