Deborah is a young college student who is charmed by Dr Purgtry - specialist in spiders. Deborah a young Buddhist who is studying religious studies admires the loving devotion she believes Dr Purgtry gives to the spiders in his care. But things aren't always as they seem. It takes an unusual visitor to enter their relationship to point out that Deborah could find the love she deserves somewhere else. But to find this love there are consequences; horrible, ugly, terrifying consequences.