Dois paramédicos chegam ao local de um acidente de carro para transportar uma adolescente ferida para o hospital. No entanto, em vez de levá-la ao hospital, os estranhos a levam para a casa de uma mulher cuja filha acabou de morrer..
Claire has always loved her son Jim and her granddaughter Sydney, but struggles to connect with her daughter-in-law, Allison. When Allison announces a big job promotion that will relocate them far away, Claire's motherly instincts are pushed to an unsettling level where she will scheme, lie and even murder to keep her son and granddaughter from moving away.