Carmen Garcia witnesses and avenges the murder of her sister by crime boss Francisco Sanchez. To complicate matters Sanchez is Carmens brother-in-law and has been abusing Carmen for years. Carmen steals her newborn nephew and flees from Nogales to Tucson to Spanish Harlem to Los Angeles struggling to make a life for herself and Mario. And maybe shed have gotten away scot-free--if she hadnt taken a million dollars with her too.