After living in many different foster homes, Owen and Martha are suddenly moved to Toronto, where Sister Charlotte comes to take care of them. When Sister Charlotte limps through the front door, they shouldn’t have been surprised. But they are. Her face is lined, her skin is grey, and her is hair dead and stringy. She’s not wearing a nun’s white head-cover; her plain blue dress with black socks and flat black shoes is the nun uniform for the Sisters of Sorrows. The first thing she says, before even being introduced, is “What a relief. These stronger pills are a miracle. I’ll be back in shape in no time.” When Owen and Martha realize that the narcotics being supplied to Sister Charlotte are being paid for by the Vatican, and that the house they are living in seems to be hidden within the Catholic system, they want to know why. Their search uncovers multiple foster-care secrets being covered up by that branch of the Opus Dei called The Society for the Protection of the Faith.