What Might Have Been

Melissa Sullivan, desperate to escape a lecherous uncle, stows away in a wagon bound for the Colorado territory that is owned by a high-handed lieutenant in the Union army who is running away from his own demon. While he believes he has the right to make decisions for her, she is determined to become self-sufficient like her new friend Mavis, an Irish lass with a soft heart, a hard exterior and a weak acquaintance with the truth.