A reporter wants to do a feature story on Charles Henderson McCormick, the richest man in town. In the background research she finds that he is a man without a past. There is no record of his birth, or of a family, marriage, or anything else that matters. It takes her weeks of trying to make contact before succeeding. At first he wants nothing to do with her or the story. Just as she is about to throw in the towel, he has a change of heart and agrees to do the story, but only on his terms. One of those terms is that the story can not be published until after his death. Getting this story will forever change the reporter's life.