Angelica Jones'' grandmother leads her to believe she is special, due to the lines in her palm forming a letter M. After Jones departs, for her first day at a new school, her father, Bartholomew, chastises his mother for putting such notions in Jones'' head. Their conversation comes to an abrupt halt when Nana suffers a minor attack. Jones is excited about her first day of school, little suspecting that a trio of her fellow students, Eve, Cassie, and Martha, are already disparaging against her.