What happened to Happily-ever-after? Papa wants Blanca to have a husband and a family to protect her future. Mama wants her to become an engineer and develop a career. Her friends think joining the gangs is the answer to being a success. But how does she know what is the best plan for her when she's never done anything but go to school?
Blanca survives a brush with a brutal Chicago gang, escaping to the suburbs with her parents. Joining a search and rescue team gives her a purpose in life, friends, and dreams of a career. Just when she thinks she has it all figured out her past returns, threatening everyone she loves. Will she sacrifice her happiness to protect the search and rescue team or will her quest for happily-ever-after destroy the very people she loves?