This is a story about a unique bond between a young man with creative aspirations and his neighbor, an abstract impressionist painter facing the sunset of her life. The fresh bloom of friendship that the new neighbor offers impacts the relative calm of their world. Yet, the Japanese woman - with an expiring visa - has her own demons to face. The story explores synchronicity and the fragile ties that bind us to certain people and certain junctures of our lives.—Anonymous
Willie Mae Washington is like a mother to Bobby. He sees the best in the talented painter, ignoring a cantankerous personality. She takes a parental pride in fostering Bobby down his path in life, particularly since he is estranged from his own family. They find themselves caught in a challenging dynamic when the new neighbor arrives; Miho Higuchi from Japan. Willie Mae finds herself upset by the subtle shift - she had become dependent upon the boost in esteem that her faithful young disciple brought to her life. This threat is only heightened as Willie Mae is on the verge of losing her home to foreclosure. Miho, being a caring and resourceful woman, offers to hold an art show to help the artist raise the funds needed to spare her home. When the endeavor is a huge success, it only intensifies the envy, jealousy, resentment, and even greed that drives a wedge in the friendship and forces a critical turning point.
