On the way to her father's wedding, 16-year-old Charlie McLeod is involved in a serious car accident, leaving her in a fight for her life. For a brief moment, she dies on the table and has a near death experience, where she reconnects with her deceased mother, Claire Charlie ultimately survives but Claire's spirit was so moved by the re-connection with her daughter, she has no intention of letting go. In fact, she believes that Charlie was supposed to die and now insists Charlie join her in the afterlife.