A boy from a small city in Arizona finds himself on the streets of Portland, Oregon, homeless and friendless aside from the oversized Great Dane that follows him around, affectionately named "Soldier." It's clear he's running from something, but when he meets up with a girl who may have a past as shady as his, she takes him in, regardless of whatever it is he's hiding. Will she ever realize she's not who she thinks he is? Or can the past he's trying to desperately to escape be avoided for good?