Absolution

Jeanie thinks she was to blame for the sexual assault she suffered in <br>college--and she'd do anything to keep her old-school Catholic family <br>from finding out about the resulting pregnancy as well as what she did <br>to conceal it. <p/> <p/><br>Years have passed since the assault and Jeanie's husband Greg still <br>thinks she's the seemingly innocent girl he married in a rush to spite <br>his controlling mother. It's the height of the Seattle dot-com boom and<br> he's too busy cashing in his stock options to pay attention to his <br>wife. He isn't aware of Jeanie's lingering shame and guilt or that she <br>married him in the desperate hope that devoting herself to marriage and <br>motherhood would somehow absolve her from the sins in her past. <p/> <p/><br>Their hidden agendas collide when Greg discovers evidence of Jeanie's <br>long-ago pregnancy. As she confesses the details of that drunken night <br>with her married professor Greg's pristine image of her is blown. His <br>shock deepens into violent fury and Jeanie realizes she needs to leave <br>him--but Greg won't let her go. He's up for a big promotion and he's not<br> about to let her ruin his reputation by walking out on him. He'll <br>resort to blackmail if necessary. Or worse.