'Why won't he let you go?' I ask.
 'He thinks he owns me.'

To Philomena McCarthy, being a police officer means never turning your back on someone in trouble. So when a decorated detective beats his girlfriend and the case is covered up, Phil secretly helps her.
 
 But as Phil lets her new friend deeper into her life, sinister things start happening.
 
 And by the time she's truly afraid, it's already too late . . .