Maynard Yates is trying to clean up his life when chance gives him a job as a limousine driver. He is soon chauffeuring the Hollywood elite and finds himself emerged in the dark, seedy underbelly of celebrity: sex, addiction, money, fame, greed, lies, power and betrayal. When his own bad habits return, Maynard is unwillingly led into a downward spiral and slowly realizes that he may be the driver but he's not in control.

Pepper has always been in love with Sarah, but Sarah was way out of his league--the prettiest and most popular girl in town, she had her pick of boys, and Pepper wasn't one of them (although his older brother was). Now Sarah has returned from a trip around the world--and has completely changed from the town sweetheart into a punk. Pepper sees this as an opportunity to get to know her in a way he couldn't have before.

A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to keep in the bathtub.