Against her wishes, Michelle, a woman agent is sent after man she loved twenty years ago when they were part of a spy hunting team. He's the father of her teenage daughter, and she still cares. She isn't sure he has turned, as accused, but her orders are to do what she was trained to do, years ago, and "terminate the problem."

Michelle saved Steve's life and killed Cameron, the member of their team who had turned. No one believed her then. She's sure she made no mistake in which man she killed and which she saved, but authorities believe she did, and she must correct it this time. Steve, new identity, Dr. Ray Burse, is being stalked, and responding as Steve would have. As a research chemist, he has invented a powerful new adhesive that other countries want. Everywhere he turns, things come at him, until he's not sure where to turn. Then Michelle shows up, the person authorities would send if he had to be terminated.

A widower with two teenage children, he has never forgotten her. No matter what, he can't kill her, but how can he clear himself when the people after him know him so well? Then the matter deepens, their daughters are abducted, the price his adhesive. And the voice sounds like that of Cameron whom he saw die at Michelle's hands. Ray wants to clear himself; he must save the girls, even though he's sure Michelle's child is that of Cameron, the man he hates. Someone must die, but who will it be?