Senor Gustavo and his wife Maria Antonia have had a line-in maid in their household for aslong as LaCeibas where she became a member of the family. When drug lords took over Honduras, the Martinezes, both educators, left with their son Manuel and their maid, Odalma. The Martinezes traded their Honduras passports for American ones and moved to where they now live on the outskirts of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Odalma never had documents.
As the play opens Odalma is a maid with a secret, a secret she longs to tell someone. A few months earlier a nun Sister Margie had stayed with the Martinez family. She became friends with Odalma though neither could speak each other's language. Just before leaving, Sister Margie told Odalma in halting Spanish that they needed to trade stories. Sister Margie hold hers in English, but there wasn't time for Odalma to tell hers in Spanish.
At the beginnig of the play, Gustavo holds an envelope for Odalma. Sister Margie has invited Odalma to come to New York. Gustavo says "No".
What is Odalma's secret? What will she do?