Her ordinary appearance – ” 38years old, tall but evenly proportioned, with shoulder-length hair” –mirrors her quiet marriage to Mike, the town’s mechanic. Her peaceful existence is shattered on a summer’s afternoon when two students embark on a killing frenzy in the school. Jessie single-handedly takes down the two armed boys, saving the lives of many of her students. Still traumatized, she is branded a hero and catapulted into the media spotlight. It is this frenzied attention that draws the predatory gaze of Caleb Switch, a serial killer.