Cassidy's Angel wakes her up in Jacksonville on their way to Melbourne. Cassidy must get into character and prepare to bail her niece Patricia out. Cassidy continues to wrestle with the gravity of the reality that her protégé might be in trouble. Cassidy's angel instruct her on the usefulness of guilt. Cassidy wars with the loss of privacy that comes from the presence of a deity.

Cassidy sits by the fire swirling rye in her glass and dreams of her lover from days past. She finds she is confronted about her failures concerning her protégé. The one who they set free from the cowering trauma of abuse, has continued in the craft and cornered herself in Melbourne, Florida. Cassidy must set the stage for the detectives and bail schedules and rage that are about to affect her protégé in these days to come. She must use the abilities which she has left unrehearsed to find and possess those who may mean well, but in this game of chess to tell are simply pawns to play their parts today.