Fifteen years ago, Talia Medici was infamous for her picture perfect life and beauty. Every girl wanted to be Talia, every guy wanted to be with Talia. Respect, popularity, admiration, and powerful positions such as cheer leading squad Captain, came with the territory. When Talia speaks, everyone listens. Everything she says will cause great impact within and with out her inner circle of friends. She was loved by many. Envied, admired and idolized by all, except one. Elle Wurthmore. All Elle ever wanted was to be in the cheer leading squad and a part of Talia's entourage. A scar across Elle's face would deny her that chance. She became instead the laughing stock of the group. The very subject for all ridicule. She would no longer be known as Elle Wurthmore. They gave her a new name. "Worthless". Elle's life would crumble from one word. Fifteen years later, Karma would finally track down Talia's and redeem the meaning of "Worthless" on the Medici family . With no way to escape, Talia must experience the unthinkable. A terrifying nightmare of Talia's bullying on others that she could have never imagined. In memory of Elle Wurthmore.

In 1974, Eddie Dunford, comes home from South England and gets a job as a cub reporter for the Yorkshire Post. A schoolgirl has gone missing, and Eddie suspects it's one of several crimes dating back six years; the police think not and blame gypsies. Eddie digs; the police stonewall him then two of them beat him after he visits the widowed mother of one of the girls missing for a few years. When a child's body turns up at a construction site of local building magnate John Dawson, Eddie has another thread to pull. By now, he's begun an affair with Paula, the widowed mom, and he suspects collusion among Dawson, the police, and his newspaper - but what are they covering up?