The film opens on the countdown on the eve of New Year’s, 1995. Miss D, a modest transvestite slinks home to her studio in Chinatown as the day breaks. She lets her answering machine play as she recomposes and recovers from the night before. D is startled upon hearing a voice message from her ex-lover Gina and causes commotion. Enter Ms. Ling, D’s Chinese neighbor and landlady. Ling agrees to offset D’s rent in exchange for herbs and consoles D as they unwind together in an empty bath. As Ling warns D of her ex’s selfish ways, the phone rings. Gina is in town. D must decide whether to fall back or break free of the destructive pattern.