Hazel Johnson Jim Goodwin A chance meeting with Quentin MacKenzie ("Mac"), a young English mathematician, brings opportunity into the drab, closed life of Hazel Johnson, a young woman, trapped in the Boston suburbs, working a mind-numbing job at home while taking care of her curmudgeonly father. Struggling against a problematic past and feelings of guilt for neglecting her father, she falls in love with Mac and begins to break out of her drudgery. Fighting against pressure from her father, Hazel prepares for a new life with Mac in Seattle. On the day of her escape, her father breaks his hip and Hazel is trapped again and loses contact with Mac. She resigns herself to her loss and a future of looking after Dad. Life takes a turn for the worse when her father finds a new life with a new love and Hazel feels forced to leave home. Working two jobs to support herself, she struggles to survive until one day Mac, with a beautiful woman by his side, walks into the bistro were she has the late shift. Distraught, she hides, but Mac tracks her down to tell her he still loves her. With her father settled with a new family, can she rebuild her life?