Sam Harrington, a thirty-something high school English teacher, has been in a six-year malaise after suffering the loss of his college sweetheart and first love, Catherine Tsai. When his best friend Alistair, a drama teacher at the high school, is caught in an affair with a student, SamÕs world is turned on end. As the drama salaciously unfolds through the confessions of Alistair, the student, and AlistairÕs wife Anne, Sam struggles to resolve his own insecurities. A Cup of Water provides a firsthand perspective into SamÕs psychological turmoilÑat times humorous, painful, and poignantÑas he reconsiders his past in order to take control of his future.