A young woman named Patty Charlie tragically loses her daughter, breaks up with an abusive husband and close friends. She remains completely alone with her bitter disappointments and gloomy thoughts about the meaning of her own life. Behind her are the dimmed spotlights of fame, wealth and the decay of unspent opportunities. There is frightening uncertainty and an open abyss of despair ahead. One night, Petty had a strange dream that was destined to turn her entire subsequent life upside down. Following the call of a black stranger from her dream, she crosses the country and ends up in a small town in northwestern Minnesota. There she rents a room at a local motel and, with the resignation of a victim, prepares to face the fatal inevitability. She still does not know what awaits her ahead, but gloomy forebodings have already shackled her exhausted heart with anxiety.