Érika has learned everything she knows on the streets. She has just turned twenty, but people always say she seems older. Perhaps its her gaze, which seems older than her years. She lives with Samuel, her older borther, who seems younger than her. He always owes her money and he's always getting into trouble. Samuel dreams even harder than Érika does of running away from home and leaving the dark and dirty hole where they live with an absence they never speak of behind. But this time her brother isn't just spouting his normal rubbish after going on a drinking binge. Samuel is convinced that the opportunity they've been waiting for has arrived. A gullible fool has offered him a deal to make a ton of money. When Samuel explains the plan he has been forming to go for it, Érika can't say no. It's dangerous. It's difficult. It's too risky. But anything is better than just sitting...