Penny has spent years working as a private investigator, and she has broken enough rules along the way that the business finally catches up with her — she is told to shut it down. She refuses to stop helping people, finds a different arrangement that lets her keep doing what she does, and moves forward. Then her past reappears, bringing with it the kind of weight that makes despair feel like the reasonable option. Whether she resists that pull or gives into it is where the story goes.