Completed 9/4/24 "Deadhead" Thea has lived "under the stars" for 30 years, hooking for food money. Her son, 15, and daughters, almost 14, are withering from the homeless poverty that is all they've ever known. A wealthy couple hires Thea and then Rubin for sex, then takes the family into their lives and home for the kids' sake. Schooled during the day, Rubin begins a profitable night life using his large gift as a gigolo for wealthy older women, who enjoy teaching him the ins and outs.
Keith, wrongly criminalized through a divorce, is ordered by the court to have no contact with his family. He moves to a new city, creating a new life, all the while holding onto the memory of his beloved daughter A decade later, his daughter reaches out, seeking to mend the past by reconnecting him with his estranged mother.