In her new job at a family violence legal service, Phoebe makes a terrible mistake that puts a client's life at risk. Meanwhile in a small town in country Victoria, hardworking grandmother Diana struggles to adjust to life after working.

While celebrating a win Phoebe has in media coverage for FVLS, she bumps into her ex-colleagues out at a bar. Awkwardly this includes her ex-lover Julian and his wife and her former boss Grace.

Phoebe and Julian's relationship develops, but she is devastated when she gets the news that the FVLS funding will be cut.

Phoebe tries to help a family violence victim close to her, but discovers things are not as they seem; a murder changes Phoebe and her co-workers' lives forever.