Owen and Isabel's love story simmers with spiteful rage, but unfortunately, for everyone, Isabel is pregnant with Owen's child. In order to prove to her that he could become a stable father, Owen agrees to reconnect with his only living relatives at Isabel's request. The couple takes a trip to visit his perversely devoted grandmother and his sister Pearl, who was severely burned in a fire, to finally bury the hatchet. But sometimes the ties that bind can cut off all circulation.