Upon his return from serving a ten-year sentence in jail, reformed gang chief, S. Lance Ingram, struggles to adapt to a modified Harlem. Unable to make use of the technological expertise he acquired in jail, Lance is pressured to just accept a place delivering meals for an area meals financial institution. It's right here that he befriends Ms. Maddy, 75, a previous magnificence with a irreverent and hardened shell to whom he delivers dinners. By her, Lance finds hope, relearning the thrill of life and residing regardless of the outwardly bedeviled society during which they discover themselves.