In 1995, Lyla Novacek is a cellist studying at the Juilliard School and living under strict rule of her father. Louis Connelly is the lead singer of "The Connelly Brothers", an Ireland rock band. Lyla and Louis meet at a party after their respective concerts, and have a Human sexual activity on the rooftop. The day after, they separate in a hurry, and are unable to maintain contact as Lyla is ushered away by her father to Chicago. Lyla is also aware that she is pregnant. Later, when in New York City, after an argument with her father over her unborn child, she is struck by a car. Due to the accident trauma, she gives birth prematurely, and her father secretly puts the baby boy up for adoption under her name, allowing Lyla to believe that her son died.