A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.

After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family.

A boy witnesses his parents' murder and is sent to an orphanage, where his sister is adopted and he is left behind, being abused by using a mask. Years later, he returns to her life, still masked, wanting to teach her a lesson.

A young runaway girl hides out in the barn of a retired horse trainer and forms a bond with his troubled filly.