Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he's done, and now awaits the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesn't want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood. He hoped it wouldn't end like this, not for him. Through a kaleidoscope of women, we learn the story of Ansel's life. As the clock ticks down to Ansel's execution, these women sift through the choices that culminate in tragedy, exploring the rippling fissures that such destruction inevitably leaves in its wake.