A person’s life takes many twists and turns before he has become disillusioned with his life; and, fear plays a major role. Whether one is raised in a wealthy family or hails from Milwaukee’s inner city, it does not matter. The game changes. However, when a person ends up on the short end of the stick one too many times, it is hard to keep a straight face. A cast of characters stand out from the Crimson Maples, become fiercely independent while everyone they run into try to keep them from going off the ‘deep end’.
Thirty-eight-year-old siren, Genie Bartusek, a wounded housewife, yearns for one last chance for a smitten dalliance with a significant other when ‘no-nonsense’ Paul stumbles into her presence. Perhaps there is a God working her magic for the forlorn strangers because each have stumbled and become wary of life.