Kari Melton is traveling from Boone, NC to Wimington, NC and is caught up in traffic problems and a detour; before she can make her way back to the 74 east Interstate, she has a flat tire out on a lonely country road. A nice lawyer from London stops to assist her, and during their parting conversation, a dark car pulls up and a man starts shooting at them. The good samariatn rolls down the embankment with her, sheilding her from the spray of bullets. She is safe, but he is shot and before she can be shot, a truck driver stops and the other car speeds away, but her new friend dies before she can help him. Keri is questioned when the authorities arrive, but she has no idea why the lawyer was killed. Later, she stops at a small cafe for a cup of coffee and comes face with someone who looks identical to the man she just saw die on the old country road, and she starts running for her own life.