"I fall deeper into my pit of despair and my stomach wrenches. 'CHIARA!' I yell at the stars. Only my heart answers, pounding against my rib cage with a deep pain that screams and yells. I try to bite back tears, but fail miserably in my despair." Trist Abruzzo lives with hatred in a town full of peace away from the outside world. But when everything starts slipping as she meets a person from the outside and her friendship begins to fall apart by sickness, she realizes how lucky she used to be. But with no turning back she only has the choice to move forward and take control of her future to forget her past.