In the midst of her turbulent love life, Alexandria, a Black 26 year old, hears about a promotion. But her White, married supervisor lets her know that the only way she will get it is if she goes to bed with him. She tells him no, and he harasses her to the point where she ends up in the hospital. Once she recovers, she employs the services of a private investigator. The shocking facts take her back 150 years to the Underground Railroad's Middle Atlantic line. Relationships between an African, a Native American, and a European slave master have mysteriously woven its way to the present.