Aaron, um aluno brilhante, porém introvertido, chega a uma das melhores universidades dos Estados Unidos para participar do programa de engenharia. Lá, conhece Linda, uma estudante de mais de trinta anos que acabara de retomar seus estudos, que o incentiva a seguir seus sonhos. Aaron se apaixona por ela, mas o relacionamento não prospera, porque, dentre outras complicações, a filha de Linda, Beth, fica apaixonada por ele.
In 1988, the Wyrick family moves into a new home, which was mysteriously abandoned by the previous owners. Shortly afterward, their four-year-old daughter Heidi begins spending time with an imaginary friend, a kindly old man named Mr. Gordy. Several months later, Heidi is frightened by the appearance of a man at the front door.
Matthew, a concert pianist played by Alan Boyce, has kept his HIV positive status secret and refuses help from family and doctors. On the night he loses his job playing mood music in a fancy hotel, Matthew meets a streetwise panhandler Diana and the pair become wary friends.
