Christie, a religiously conflicted wife and mother, struggles with her forbidden feelings for her stepson. One evening, unable to resist her taboo desire, she initiates a passionate encounter with John. As she rides him, her ponytailed hair cascading down, she whispers, "I love you like a man loves a woman." Their intense lovemaking is interrupted by the sound of the front door opening. Panicked, they rush to hide, but it's too late. Ricky Spanish, her husband and John's father, has caught them in the act.