Val''s story begins in the fifties when she was born into a military family. Nothing could prepare her for the events that would change her from a loving, devoted wife and mother into a suicidal, barely functioning wreck of a person. As a cosmetologist, Val attended many hair shows to keep abreast of the latest products and styles. She joins one such show and signs up to attend their school to learn some new haircuts. Val goes to the school in the eighties in Peterson, Georgia. She leaves a very successful, assured young woman and returns home in five days so changed. All she comes back for is her five-year-old daughter. All she wanted to do was go join what she thought were God-fearing people. Val''s story is one of evil (brainwashing) and how it can change and destroy a good and decent human being and others around her.