If Mitch Wilder wasn't in prison, he'd never discover the conspiracy to kill his son, Darren Hoffman. The only way to save his life is for Mitch to kill Pete Hoffman, the man who raised Darren. But Mitch doesn't have it in him to commit murder and searches for a way out of it. In desperation, Mitch barters for a pen and a piece of paper, which will change his life forever. He writes a note and gives it to a man who's about to be released, praying he'll deliver it to the right person, and on time. It will take weeks before Mitch knows if his son is still alive...or not.

Due to unnatural circumstances, Mitch Wilder is pardoned from prison early. He wants to forget what he did in there, the relationships he had. But one man haunts him, the one who looks so much like his stepbrother, Tom Fleming. And Mitch finds that he's unable to form a serious relationship with anyone since his release. He is confused about his own identity.

On top of this, Mitch meets several of his kids for the first time. His womanizing has finally caught up to him. He vows to do right by them, no matter how many of them there are. Two of his sons are into drugs. Mitch is unable to do anything about it. Not when he's addicted himself.