After a close call with death, which nearly resulted in the loss of the child she loathed to carry, Ellie gives up on the prospect of ever truly having a family. Already struggling with the the world around her—though she doesn't readily admit it—Ellie is devastated when her mother heads to France, leaving her behind to work through her issues alone.As she battles with the decision of adoption for her daughter, Hope, and dodges testifying against her perpetrator, Ellie finds herself entangled in a furious web of her own desires, pit against what is "right". Though, when she becomes trapped in the awkward middle of the two guys she cares about most, it is only then that she ventures out onto the complex and bold journey of self discovery.