A woman, Martie Clink, comes to a crossroads of life that exists solely within the realm of her psyche, but whose consequences are very much real. Her life toggles between figments of terrifying imagination and fragments of bleak reality. It becomes apparent that Martie must make a decision. To go one way, she betrays reality and leaves behind her family. To go the other, she must find a strength within that is greater than any of which she has ever considered herself capable.