An 18-year-old South African woman, Thandeka, is a first-year university student in need of funds for her fees. She meets Lawrence, a sought-after investment banker with flashy possessions to match, who commits to paying her registration fee for an illicit exchange at his Sandton penthouse. Once at the penthouse, Thandeka struggles with following through, setting a domino effect of dire consequences in motion. Back at home, Thandeka’s grim reality of being with an unemployed mother and a grandmother living with dementia forces her to finally confront an old family secret as her last resort.