In an age when the legalities around the education system are terrifying and stultifying, a young Christian public school teacher, Fenton Seabright, and his student, Tracy Strauss, struggle to understand one another. When Vivian Strauss, the accomplished corporate lawyer and parent of Tracy, becomes both the love interest of Fenton and the image of his admiration, Fenton experiences an unforgettable wild ride of events that will change his life forever. The intricate and calamitous interplay between Fenton, Vivian and Tracy in their work and personal lives results in confounding scenarios where effects and causes are hard to discern and reality is sometimes not what it seems.