Bella started her life with her mother and father, she loved to go to plays and always dreamed of being on stage. When her mother died, her father took her away from Richmond and took her to Washington City, where she would stay with her grandmother. Her grandmother worked in the white house as a dressmaker. Later, she gains the experience of working for the Ford Theater, only to sew for tickets. As she works she gets to meet John Wilks Booth. Booth got her a spot in a play and promised her father freedom. When Booth told her his plan, she could not refuse, she was obsessed with the man, and the thought that he would leave her was too much to bear. As she changed her hours to go along with the plan that Booth felt confident in, plans had changed and did not work. Later, as she went to stand up to him, she realized that she had been played, he held a gun and locked her in a cabinet. She heard the commotion as the president had been killed. When she tried to return to normal life by going to a new theater to work. when she told Steven everything that she had done when he came to find her, she ended up confessing her crimes, but was excused from all of it by an officer who "didn't believe her". Finally, she went and took one more look at the Ford Theater after Steven left.

John is from Maryland and is 26. As an actor, he was greatly loved. He joined the Southern Army when he learned that Abraham Lincoln had become president. After his serves, he falls in love with a girl named Lucy as she is on a date with Lincon's eldest son. Afterward, he starts to work in Ford's theater. When he is working there, he meets Bella, and as they talk, he realizes the usefulness that she holds for him. So, he tries and build their bond so she will be more willing to do what he says. During all of this, Booth thinks that Bella hates the Union, and wants a new president like he does. When Booth revealed the starting plan to her, she was hesitant, so by telling her that it would be no big deal, they would not harm Lincon, and it would ensure her father's safety, she agreed. So, he gathers all of his other friends that he met in the army to help him out. He plans to kidnap Lincon when he is on his way to an army base, but things change. Richmond fell to the Union, and Lincon was on his way over there, instead of where Booth had stationed his men. They all went back to Washington City and stayed in a hotel. However, the very next day, the war had ended. This sent Booth into a depressive spiral and he drank for a few days until he came up with a new plan. When he walked to Ford's theatre, he saw that a lot was going on, furniture being moved, and things being cleaned. And as it turned out, Lincon and a few other officials were going to see a play. This sparked the idea of the assassination.

Steven was one of the boys that was in Bella's school. They became friends fast as they went to the white house with their family. As they became closer, Steven had to go off to an academy for boys, due to his intelligence. When he left, they both sent letters back and forth.

Returns when one of his teachers has to ride to Washington City. When he sees Bella again, they are happy to see each other. The night that he returned was when he bought the ticket that would lead to Bella meeting Booth

The second time that he comes back, Bella is with Booth at a dinner. When Bella was talking to him, he wanted Bella to spend time with him. However, Bella did not just want to leave Booth, so she ditched Steven and stayed with Booth.

At the very end, he finally comes back to talk to Bella. When Bella confesses what she did, he forgives her immediately—convincing her not to go any further with her confession to the police. They exchange a kiss again, before he has to go back to harverd

Lincoln had been in term for two years. The war and the people of the South were taking on his health. He loved Bella and thought that she was a sweet girl. As the war continued, both of his youngest sons fell ill, and one of them unfortunately passed away.

Later, he had a dream that he would be in the east room, dead in a casket, which came true.

When Bella is cavorting around town after being reunited with her dear friend, they stumble upon Ford'd theater. They were sold out of a play starring John Booth. Steven buys her a ticket and tells her it is for the next night.

After that night, she decided that she would get a part-time job there since it had always been her dream to work at a theater. And with all of the sewing experience that she has, she asked if she could sew for tickets.

After being there for a bit, she is finally able to see Booth up close. They speak for a while as Booth mistakes her for being older than she is.

The plan at first was not to kill the president, Booth had planned to station at one of the camps that Lincoln rides to on horse. He would use Bella to know when Lincoln left the White House. When she went and gave them the go-ahead, things changed. Richmond had called not the union, and Lincoln went over there to celebrate and most likely to give a speech. Booth was devastated about this, and the announcement of the war ending, and the North being victorious didn’t help.

Later, he was walking about Washington City, he stumbled upon the Ford’s Theater. All of the people inside looked like they were getting ready for something. They said that the Lincolns, and some other officials, were going. To see a comedy that night, that is when he got the last idea.

While they were setting up for the play the next day, he prepared a peep hole that would allow him to see the Theater without being spotted. That is when Arabella walks on him drilling the whole under the stage. That is when Booth pulled a gun out on her. Booth forced her into a closet that was in the basement and made sure that she could not escape. Once the play began, Booth used the sounds of the laughs and the claps to cover up his presence, and before anyone knew it, the president was shot.