Misty is abandoned among homeless people with whom she learns to survive the cruelty of the streets in Tampa, while maintaining a fierce determination to rise above her circumstances by finishing high school. Her life is carefully balanced for survival until she breaks through her sense of self-preservation and hardness to save a younger girl from a brutal attack. Together they witness a crime which leads to running, in fear of law enforcement, organized crime, and social services; will they manage to survive multiple attempts on their lives?