Hailey, a teenage girl trying to save money and build an art portfolio so she can get into her dream art school. While she wants to stay focused on work and her future, she's also pulled toward her feelings for her childhood crush, Derick, and the possibility of having a real summer before everything changes. Underneath the romance and art-school pressure, the story also explores Hailey's complicated family life, especially the fear and pain caused by her father, her mother's attempts to protect her daughters, and a hidden truth connected to the lake and Hailey's past. Overall, it's a coming-of-age story about ambition, love, trauma, secrets, and learning how to face the things she has kept buried.