In the middle of the Great Depression, Henry Childs been given more power at the family farm. He sees an opportunity to use his power when the colored daughter of one of sharecroppers comes to get supplies. Rose Anderson is a few years older than Henry and has been the object of his stares for years with her large chest and womanly frame. Henry now leverages his position and needed supplies to get her to expose herself to him. Rose obliges and soon finds leverage on Henry as the two become intertwined in both power and then love. Will there love endure through segregation or will it be a secret romance?