until after she is nearly beaten to death by a brothel guard, that she agrees to marry Michael and leaves with him. He nurses her back to health at his home, despite her continued aloofness toward him. Michael continues to surprise her as he claims to love her as his wife, and refuses to have sex with her. Afraid to trust him, she runs away at her first opportunity, but Michael finds her and convinces her to come home. As the two begin their life on the farm, Angel develops feelings for Michael but runs away again when she realizes that he wants children, as she believes herself to be sterile. She gets a ride with Michael's brother-in-law, Paul, who hates her because of her past and demands that she pay him for the ride by having sex with him. Back in the city, Angel reluctantly returns to prostitution. When Michael arrives to rescue her from her employers, she is relieved to return home with him. He forgives her, and their relationship begins to blossom based on honesty and affection. As Angel falls in love with Michael, she becomes convinced that he will be happier married to someone else who can have children, leading her to leave him once more. Having learned to cook while with Michael, she is able to get a job at a cafe in the city rather than returning to prostitution. Eventually, she by chance encounters Duke, who has moved to California. He attempts to force her to become a prostitute again. Desperate, she regains the faith she lost after her mother's death and tells an audience at the brothel about Duke's sexual trafficking of young girls. Duke denies the allegations and attempts to murder Angel, but an African American man, who is implied to be an old friend of Michael's, subdues him and the captive girls escape into the audience, resulting in Duke being lynched by an outraged mob. Afterward, Angel starts a successful mission to help rehabilitate other young prostitutes. Three years later, Paul finally comes to find her and tells her that Michael still loves her. Angel returns home to Michael, offering her love and telling him that her real name is Sarah. They reunite and are shown to eventually have children. Cast Abigail Cowen as Angel Tom Lewis as Michael Hosea Logan Marshall-Green as Paul Wu Kexi as Mai Ling Livi Birch