We tend to think that children of wealthy parents live happy, carefree lives, and simply fail to notice the other side of the coin. What could the daughter of the richest woman in Chicago possibly want? It's the eighties, the surrounding world feels alien, and her mother is constantly absorbed in her own affairs. Little Bettina is, by and large, of no concern to anyone.
Admittedly, sometimes her mother does feel the urge to take a hand in raising her daughter. Only the methods she chooses are far from ideal, and sometimes genuinely frightening and repulsive. The girl, in her naivety, is ready to do anything just to earn her mother's love. For what are all the money and luxury worth if within your own family you feel nothing but loneliness?