Jacob Asch is hired by Gerald McMurty to find his ex-wife Laine and their son in Palm Springs. Jacob finds Laine and a teenager named Donnie who may or may not be Gerald's son. He also finds an intricate web of deceit and betrayal that begin to lead to death. He takes it upon himself to unravel the mystery and find out who is killing people and why.

Derrick, Cathy, and Travis, three students and fellow roommates, decide to do a class project on gossip. Derrick witnesses couple Naomi and Beau making out at a night club, but then she passes out and Beau leaves. Cathy spreads the rumor that well-known ice princess Naomi had sex with Beau at the club that night, which quickly evolves until the gossip mill is saying that Beau went ahead and had sex with Naomi after she passed out. Cathy has regrets when Naomi cries rape and Beau is being arrested.

Jennifer is a lovely teen who has been hired to baby-sit the kids of Harry Tucker and his wife, Dolly. The Tuckers go to a party and proceed to get inebriated, with Mr. Tucker fantasizing about his beautiful baby sitter. Meanwhile, Jack, her boyfriend, and Mark, another guy interested in her, decide to spy on Jennifer at the Tucker house, with each young man also fixated on her.