One summer morning, Cape Town academic Andries Du Toit mildly confronts a white man being rude to a black waitress at his health club. Weeks later, he's sprawled with a fractured cheekbone, bloodied by one of the city's most feared gangsters seeking payback. What happened? Following threads from his violent encounter, Du Toit traces events and decisions leading to that confrontation. His journey forces him to confront his complicity in a country traumatized by racial violence and explore what healing and repair truly require. A forensic examination of personal experience that reveals broader truths about South African society.