Annabelle Crowley learned that she was adopted at the age of fifteen from her sharp-tongued Aunt Ester. This revelation, combined with the sudden death of her parents and her new living quarters with a sanctified aunt from hell, caused Annabelle to rebel. With Chicago being just a short train ride away from Gary, Indiana, Annabelle wanted out of her aunt's house, and on her third attempt, she finally succeeded. It's 1980 in San Francisco. Anna seems like a typical college student with a bright future. As an adopted biracial woman with two gay friends - one of whom is very flamboyant - it would seem that not much would be considered off limits. Yet, Anna has a past that she guards fiercely in order to maintain the balance in her life. Then a vicious attack threatens to undue Anna's fragile foundation and send her spiraling back to the life she fled. While Anna fights her demons, one of her closest friends is diagnosed with a deadly immunosuppressant disease. Will his impending death give her strength to face her past or will it send her farther into the deep end?