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After being found not guilty for his crimes, Dr. Albert Beck takes a teaching job at a university, where his blossoming relationship with a student is threatened when one of his previous victims begins a campaign of terror against him.

Dr. Albert Beck seems to get what he wished for as the jury finds him not guilty for the kidnapping and attempted murder of a former patient , so he then lands a teaching job at a prestigious Arizona medical school where he develops a crush on a new student , with that growing obsession he struggles from keeping it from taking control of his life , but things aren't what they seem , When a former patient of his , Sophie Green decides to enroll in the medical school where he's teaching to take matters in her own hands .

The nefarious Dr. Beck is trying to be better. He's in therapy and once again saving lives. This time, however, Beck begins to know what it's like to be stalked when a former patient begins to stalk him. The tables having been turned, Beck is forced to return to his unstable former self having been vexed once again.—TheRealFatherTomasino

Two years after surviving a harrowing abduction and attempted murder at the hands of her once-trusted cardiothoracic surgeon, the infamous Dr. Albert Beck, twenty-year-old Sophie Green is a shell of her former self. Traumatized and haunted by memories she can't escape, she struggles with severe post-traumatic stress disorder. Her concerned father, Jim, urges her to seek professional help, but Sophie's wounds run too deep for therapy alone. She wants justice--or something darker.

Meanwhile, the man at the center of her torment, Dr. Albert Beck, walks free. A year prior, he narrowly escaped conviction after manipulating a lone juror into voting in his favor, leading to a shocking acquittal. Though legally exonerated, Dr. Beck remains a social pariah. His past continues to cast a long, dark shadow over his present, especially when his latest romantic endeavor with a woman named Kendra crumbles the moment he confesses his notorious history. With his twisted notions of love still intact and unchecked, he moves forward, desperate for companionship yet incapable of change.

With a mixture of determination and deception, Sophie makes a pivotal decision. Abandoning her plans to attend the prestigious Whittendale College, she secretly enrolls at Southeastern Arizona University in Phoenix--where Dr. Beck has started teaching, now as a professor of Cardiological Systems. Her parents remain unaware of this radical detour. Her true purpose isn't academic advancement--it's retribution.

On his first day at the university, Dr. Beck attempts to maintain a professional front, though he is quickly overwhelmed by intrusive fantasies about his young female students. His reputation precedes him--students murmur about his sordid past--but Dr. Beck clings to the lie that he was wrongfully accused, portraying himself as a misunderstood man rather than a dangerous predator.

Enter Melissa Peterson, a bright-eyed, twenty-year-old student who collapses from a fainting spell--vasovagal syncope--moments after arriving late to Dr. Beck's class. He rushes to her aid, and in that instant, something changes. Melissa, unlike the others, believes in him. She praises his expertise, calls it an honor to be in his class. Dr. Beck, starved for admiration and affection, becomes instantly infatuated.

That evening, Dr. Beck shadows Melissa as she leaves campus, snapping covert photographs of her like a predator marking his prey. He neglects his medication, a dangerous habit that allows his alter ego--his fragmented conscience--to gain strength. The alter ego, a voice of twisted reason, warns him against falling into the same pattern: infatuation with young women, obsession, destruction. But Dr. Beck justifies his actions, claiming he simply connects better with younger women, unable to recognize his own delusion.

As Dr. Beck falls deeper into obsession, Sophie launches a calculated harassment campaign. She sends him an insulting card, plants pornographic magazines in student handbooks, and begins stalking him on campus. Reviewing security footage, Dr. Beck identifies a figure in a black hoodie with a campus housing logo entering his classroom after hours. Cross-referencing student housing directories, he suspects--and soon confirms--that it's Sophie. He confronts her, card in hand. She doesn't deny it. She demands his arrest, shouting that he must pay for what he's done.

A crowd forms as the confrontation intensifies. They exchange accusations, each calling the other unhinged. Sophie reveals she's started a petition to have him fired. To Dr. Beck's surprise, Melissa defends him. Tensions flare, but he steps in, maintaining his illusion of control.

Sophie ups the ante, bribing a young man named Wes and two accomplices to assault Dr. Beck. Melissa finds him bloodied and dazed. Ever devoted, she helps him back to his classroom and, under his instruction, stitches up the gash on his arm. In that moment, a dangerous bond is forged. While half the class drops his course due to Sophie's petition, Melissa remains loyal. She even gives him her number and offers help if he needs anything--an invitation Dr. Beck takes as destiny. Against the warnings of his alter ego, he fantasizes about a romantic future with her.

The conflict escalates. Melissa and Sophie come to blows in on campus. Sophie slaps Melissa; Melissa retaliates. Another student intervenes. Melissa warns Sophie that her campaign won't succeed. Sophie, calm and calculating, believes otherwise.

Dr. Beck, desperate to rid himself of Sophie, reports her to Dean Sanchez, hoping to have her expelled. But Sanchez, a politically entangled administrator, declines. Without concrete evidence, he cannot act on Dr. Beck's claims. Moreover, he refuses to fire Dr. Beck after spending months convincing the Board to hire him. Instead, he proposes a mediated conference between the two.

Unwilling to risk the outcome of that meeting, Dr. Beck takes matters into his own hands. He invites Sophie to a private discussion, presenting a fake mediation agreement. While she pretends to review it, he laces her food with fentanyl. Sophie rips up the agreement, refusing to comply. Moments later, she begins convulsing. Dr. Beck, playing hero, injects her with Dinoxyline, claiming he saved her life.

Because of the university's zero-tolerance drug policy, Sophie is expelled. In a rage, she chokeslams Dr. Beck against a wall. Melissa intervenes. Sophie attacks her, too, before campus security pulls her away. Dean Sanchez announces a restraining order against Sophie as she is escorted off school grounds.

The fallout continues. Sophie's mother, Adrienne, confronts her, horrified to discover her daughter transferred to Southeastern without permission. Adrienne begs her to let go of the obsession. But Sophie pleads with her mother to be part of her plan. Adrienne, reluctantly, agrees.

Despite everything, Dr. Beck's reputation is too damaged. With over a thousand signatures on Sophie's petition, Dean Sanchez reluctantly terminates his employment to avoid donor backlash and bad press.

Now untethered, Dr. Beck invites Melissa out for drinks. She confesses a crush, and he brings her home, where she finds a photo of herself on his nightstand. Far from disturbed, Melissa is flattered. They sleep together.

The next morning, Sophie knocks Dr. Beck unconscious and drugs him with chloroform. She prepares to torture him, but Melissa intervenes. Sophie flees and contacts Adrienne, who confirms her alibi. When detectives question her, gas station CCTV footage--featuring Adrienne in disguise--seems to corroborate Sophie's claim that she was in California at the time.

Enraged, Dr. Beck and Melissa decide to kill Sophie first. They track her to Van Nuys and ambush her in a back alley. Melissa pulls the trigger. The car explodes. Case closed.

Or so it seems.

Detectives Young and Sandler later question Dr. Beck about similarities between Sophie's death and his past crimes. As they do, Melissa screams from upstairs. They rush to find her bloodied and bound. She accuses Dr. Beck of trying to kill her. Confused and panicked, Dr. Beck wonders if he did.

When the detectives try to arrest him, he injects them with sedatives and escapes. A CSI unit finds C-4 beneath his bed, linking him to the explosion and triggering a nationwide manhunt.

Torn between his obsession and denial, Dr. Beck debates with his alter ego about Melissa's betrayal. But his infatuation wins. He follows Melissa to her aunt and uncle's house--and makes a stunning discovery.

Melissa is in league with Sophie.

Dr. Beck takes Sophie hostage and demands answers. Melissa, calm and cold, reveals the truth: she and Sophie have been best friends since childhood. She used her charm and ambition--driven by a desire to restore honor to the medical profession--to bring him down. The explosion had been a ruse. A cadaver swapped. Dental records forged. Sophie is very much alive, hidden in plain sight.

Determined to reclaim control, Dr. Beck sedates Sophie and chloroforms Melissa. He restrains both and begins an unhinged mock-lecture to an imaginary audience. Diagnosing them with a fabricated condition--cardio-treacheritis--he prepares to perform open-heart surgery to "cleanse" them, vowing to swap their hearts so they can finally love him.

Melissa breaks free and calls 911. She wounds Dr. Beck, but he escapes before the police arrive. When detectives find Sophie, they unmask her disguise--her plan, shattered.

Dr. Beck flees into the night. He argues with his alter ego, who urges him to give up. But Dr. Beck refuses. He believes love is still out there--he just has to make the right woman see it.

Leaving his alter ego behind on the side of a desert road, Dr. Beck drives off into the unknown. The alter ego watches silently, shaking his head in pity before walking away in the opposite direction.