BRIEF SYNOPSIS:
GRACE WINTHROP (35) bares both physical and emotional scars from a brutal attack when she was 16 years old. She remembers the attackers wearing skeleton ski hats; one was called “Basher” eating a cupcake with a “Patterns Bakery” box under his arm.
Now an attorney and a single parent to JODI (11) a deaf child, Grace continues to struggle to put her life together. She wants Jodi to have an operation to help her hear.
Grace’s adoptive mother, ANNIE TUCKER (70), plans to retire as Managing Partner at the firm. She wants Grace to take over, but …show more content…
As Grace investigates the case, she’s unaware of a woman called “Radioactive” who smokes a thin cigar watching her. She also carries a patterns bakery box. Grace elicits the help from MIT Professor, JASON STEVENS (35).
Zoe tells Grace that she didn’t kill her husband. She opened the door when someone was there, wearing a skeleton hat. They pushed a towel into her face and she blacked out. Zoe believes she’s being framed. Grace can’t help but remember her attackers who also worn skeleton ski hats.
DETECTIVE GRIFFIN BARISH (37) leads the homicide investigation. His father was the one who lead the investigation when Grace was attacked. He gives Grace a tour of the Lang condo where the murder occurred. Grace finds evidence of a thin cigar. She sees the middle cushion on the floor. She wants the bed sheets checked for sperm. She notices a painting askew. There’s a safe behind …show more content…
She hides in the closet and watches as Tiffany enters the room. Then a man comes in the room with her. Tiffany tells him the folder is missing. Grace takes a video. The man attacks Tiffany and leaves. Grace checks the safe and finds a Patterns Bakery box, when suddenly she’s grabbed by two attackers wearing skeleton ski hats. They tie her up and threaten her. They want no trial. Later, Grace learns that Tiffany was murdered. Grace need to know what’s in the missing folder. Grace believes that the one who killed Tiffany is the one who killed Alfred. Zoe tells Grace that she and Tiffany opposed a buyout, but Lexi was for it. Lexi has motivation. She tells Grace that Tiffany had a fling with a former FBI agent called Radioactive and she had “sewage” on the sorority. The sewage is in the folder, a blackmail treasure