Nikki Grant has her whole life ahead of her when she discovers she's pregnant. She and her partner Spencer welcome the news with joy. Nikki's parents have a very different view of what the baby is going to mean for their daughter's future and a rift opens up between them. Baby Zac arrives and is perfect in every way. And with Spencer's career taking off they are ready to make the big move to London. Then suddenly events start to rush them down a very different road. As they become ever more embroiled in a world they cannot escape, the love between Nikki and her son is put to the kind of test no parent should ever have to face ...