The happiness and completeness Juliet Smith brought to world-renown psychiatrist Robert Kamer and his mute, mentally handicapped brother, Toby, was nearly perfect – just not perfect enough to fulfill their lives. Juliet understood there was one critical element missing from Rob's vision, and her sudden departure forces him into action. Before he can complete his plan of establishing an iconic Institute for the mentally and physically handicapped he needed a partner: a doctor, like himself, who dared practice his medical art outside established norms. In order to achieve this quest, Rob must approach and convince a very unwilling physician that they shared an impossible dream, but in so doing, he is forced to resort to extreme measures.