After running away from an alcoholic aunt Shelia, seventeen-year-old, Ocean Sims is now trying to pick up the pieces of her life ruined by Hurricane Katrina. Headed to Houston to her best friend Tisha and then to Baton Rouge to be reunited with her boy friend, star athlete, Jovan, she finds they both have changed. With her father returning from Iraq soon, how will Ocean balance feelings of betrayal, hope and uncertainty all at once? Is her relationship with Jovan just too good to be true? What will her father's return mean for her life?