After burying her husband who was killed in Vietnam, Maggie returns to her first grade classroom to discover she has a new student. Almost all of her records are inked out. The child's father is in the CIA. He is called home from Vietnam because his wife is missing. He now works undercover at a drug rehabilitation Center called The Farm. His name is Brian or other aliases depending on what he's doing. He and Maggie fall in love while trying to protect their families. Almost everyone has a secret. Some are told while other secrets are kept. Over the next year they learn you can't always protect the ones you love.