Jason Delgado is sent to live with his paternal grandparents after he is shot at a school dance. His estranged father lives there also, along with his cousin James. He resents everything about James. He is jealous of James’ close relationship with his father, and assumes that Max, the girl of his dreams, is James’ girlfriend. The resentment festers until he learns the truth about James. Could the worst thing that ever happened to him turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to him?