Anne's quiet existence is shattered when stranger touches her just before committing suicide by commuter train. Although Anne is already working toward a new career and a move away from the city she does not love, San Francisco has other plans for her. As she delves into the dark secret that haunted the stranger, she plunges into a nightmare of her own...and discovers the price that The City exacts upon its citizens. This weird tale is a novelette suitable for reading in one sitting.