Heather Lofton is nine years old. She comes from a very rich family, but somehow she's not so lucky; in fact, her stepmother can't stand her. Heather is forced to escape away from home, searching for her real mother. The woman Heather has been put in the care of charges a private investigator in order to find her. But in the process, Heather's rotten stepmother frames him, and he becomes wanted for kidnapping her.