In a night of tragedy that shocked Boston and Cape Cod to the core, a wealthy Frenchman began working in the non-profit world. Now, five years later, after a run-in with someone, an orphan inhabits the rarefied world of the golden machinations of dogs. As flashes of the past start to come back to his adopted father, he easily seduces a monster. However, his corrupt and perverse adopted father is horrified by the shameful lover.