There he meets Clarissa. This moment, re-visited, is slightly different. Corners are illuminated that were not before--and the relationship deepens.

The morning after they first make love, Tobias needs to get to his new job, which is already in danger. He gently tells Clarissa that he must leave and she explodes--overreacting and behaving irrationally. After that, she vanishes. Tobias looks for her for weeks, but cannot find her.

Again, time resets.

Ralph is clawing his way to the top of his real estate firm. He's having a hard time of maintaining his values as a nice guy while still impressing his boss. A huge contract has come into play that could solidify Ralph's position in the firm. After weeks of networking to get to McNeil--the key player in the deal--Ralph finally lands an opportunity to take McNeil out.

He invites McNeil to his apartment for some cognac after dinner, and when they arrive, Clarissa--his ridiculous homeless sister--is sitting at his doorstep. He ignores her, but tells his doorman to keep her warm in the lobby of his building while he concludes his meeting. But when he returns to give her a bed for the storm, she has left.

Weeks go by. Ralph combs the city searching for Clarissa. Comments made in passing become whole imagined histories, and Ralph assumes the worst. Could someone have done Clarissa violence? Where is she? As the intensity of Ralph's search grows, so do the breaches between the imagined reality of what he thinks happened and what actually has happened. His ill assumptions lead him to grave conclusions.

In a shocking climax that brings all three points of view crashing against one another, the true nature of Perception is revealed. The breach is visible--the chasm of misunderstanding astonishing.