Michele Ward was always glad that her husband, Richard Daniel Starrett, didn't mind her frequent trips to visit her parents. She never guessed that he sent her away because his sick perversion was getting harder and harder to hide.

Edward Pehowic harbors dark secrets before he marries Robin Healey, and she'd catch only glimpses of her husband's dark side, but when she finally escapes from him, she realizes just how evil he is.