When a baby is born a complete surprise to her parents, particularly her father, who is only days away from retirement, Henderson and Rebecca Sampson do the bare minimum to care for their daughter. Their lack of safety precautions sends the baby flying from their car when her father swerves to miss the family cat. Found in the woods by a beautiful recluse, Grace, who has a tortured past and an unrequited secret, the baby is named Inertia, and Grace cares for her as if she is her own, aided by a friend, Betty Anne. Twenty years later, only weeks away from her college graduation, Inertia...