Samantha Symington Brenner, now Samantha Smith would run to the Maine Coast. Even The Press would never find this wheelchair-bound heiress, her blonde hair now dyed black. 'Smith' seemed somehow appropriate. After all, hadn't she become a sort of 'Jane Doe' who must seek out her own identity, make her own decisions? However nothing was to prepare her for the abrupt appearances of Charles Martin... and all that he would bring with him... a dog that smiled... kindness sweeter than any she had ever known... and a future that in her wildest dreams she might never have imagined.