Sarah Witt is a young mixed race girl born in 1972 to a black Zimbabwean house cleaner and a white English colonialist. The death of her parents leads her to New York City where tragedy strikes again - She is raped by her music college mentor, Jentzen Smithe. Years later she discovers a shocking connection between her dead parents and the rapist. This connection is too close for comfort. The revelation of who Jentzen is could lead to the disappointing truth concerning who her real father is. However, an old family friend is determined to stop this truth from being revealed.