Television journalist Delaney Wright is on the brink of stardom after she begins covering a sensational murder trial for the news She should be thrilled yet her growing desire to locate her birth mother consumes her thoughts On trial for murder is Betsy Grant widow of a wealthy doctor who has been an Alzheimer's victim for eight years When her once-upon-a-time celebrity lawyer urges her to accept a plea bargain Betsy refuses she will go to trial to prove her innocence Betsy's stepson Alan Grant bides his time nervously as the trial begins His substantial inheritance hangs in the balance-his only means of making good on payments he owes his ex-wife his children & increasingly angry creditors As the trial unfolds & the damning evidence against Betsy piles up Delaney is convinced that Betsy is not guilty & frantically tries to prove her innocence before time runs out