A 'little' girl from poverty vanishes into thin air one day, and hardly no one seems to notice. After being abducted and 'broken' in, she's sold to a ruthless Syndicate leader and his wife. Now the little Ill-mouthed preteen must grow accustom to the mafias ways or escape before its too late. Vincenzo and Alessandra Lucchese had been successful in life. They have four boys, a successful mafia career and they're the most feared in the world by those who know of them. But with their sons all grown and married, they couldn't help but yearn for another child. A little girl this time, perhaps. It was devastating for them to learn of Lucia's inability to conceive and carry full term for a fifth time, so when a Cuban-American broker heard of this tragedy, he jumped straight into action in an attempt to get moved up. Ellie Carter was born with a rare form of bone cancer, which prevents her from growing; leaving her at 3'9. She lived in a one bedroom house with her mother and a series of her mothers boyfriends. Although her mother was a drug addict and a sex worker she cared for her and always did her best to keep her fed, she hardly had the means to do so or the actual ability to be a mother.