 A lawyer, who is too wrapped up in his work for his family and thus is estranged from his wife, takes up with a woman on a computer chat line that he thinks is a blonde attorney. Instead she turns out to be an escaped con, Charlene, who claims to be innocent. Through a chain of threats, she coerces the lawyer into helping prove her innocence. In doing so, she also helps him rediscover his own life. Peter s lawyer friend becomes infatuated with Charlene. There s also an uptight heiress with a bulldog named William Shakespeare, who is being pursued as a client by Peter s law office.