Hale Simmons dreams of climbing out
of her impoverished life, going to college, and getting herself a titanium crash
helmet, so she can eventually bust through the Plexiglas ceiling of her crappy
life. But for now, she’s just a
17-year-old girl with a flimsy hope, barely getting by with her alcoholic father,
Jerry.
But for Hale, ‘crappy’ suddenly
takes a nosedive, when Jerry becomes the sole witness to a horrible accident. It is an event which means to effect
everyone, especially Hale, who wasn’t even involved.
While the depth
of the accident has just begun to unfold, Otto Maree, a prominent business man
and old family friend, stands to lose everything because of it. Otto is desperate for Hale’s father to stay
quiet about what occurred the night the two men met for a drink. Out of mutual moments of desperation, the two
fathers forge a deal. Jerry is desperate
to gain financial stability for both himself and Hale, and Otto Maree is more
than willing to pay to keep his secret just that.
But deals like
this need to be made of the strongest vows and bound with the most faithful of
loyalties. Otto proposes a marriage
between Hale and his playboy-son, Oscar, in order to assure that the secret
remains ‘in the family’. The mystery
surrounding the accident continues to grow and Hale struggles against her own
mysterious feelings that begin to develop for Oscar, who turns out to less of a
playboy, but just as fiercely loyal and dedicated as his father.
As the pressures around her
continues to escalate, Hale realizes that she’s got to decide if this arranged marriage
is really just a big mistake or an amazing twist of fate, that has been waiting
around for this particular accident to happen.
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