Content may be sensitive to some readers. Carmen's parents always treated her like a princess. When her mother gets sick and dies, Carmen and her father Miguel are left to find their way through life together. A few years later, he meets and marries Christina who kept her past life a secret. When Christina asks Miguel to defend an old friend of hers in a court case, he does not hesitate. After losing the case, Miguel is found dead in his home office. The only family Carmen has now is her stepmother and her two stepsisters. Everything they own is seized by the FBI, leaving them with whatever they can each pack into a single suitcase. Christina buys them a one-way ticket to her hometown of Detroit. Carmen is forced to abandon her princess life and survive in an unfamiliar environment.