An apparently simple case involving a high school student stealing the tires off his principal's car evolves into a more dangerous matter when the boy then steals the car of man wanted in relation to a recent murder. Still reeling from being separated from his family, Ben is on a downhill spiral - hell bent on living for the moment. In the process he becomes entangled with a woman on a similar path - and inadvertently makes a discovery that leads directly to a murder suspect with tragic results.