Kansas City reporter Janice Thompson has love for her city, her community, and her girlfriend Aaliyah Khalid. Together they try to find resolutions to the city's plight, only to find out that there's trouble in their own relationship. And when Janice catches Aaliyah in bed with a prominent figure in the community-another woman with powerful, political ties-Janice has a moment of distress. She leans on a friend named Demarcus Lane for support. He's a corrections officer with a crush on her. And he also has inside information about a known killer.