Sixteen-year-old Neema Powell was always the best-looking girl in school. But right now she's a wreck. Her mother's sleazy boyfriend was towering over her screaming, "Get out!" And her own mother woudn't even look at her as she walked out of the apartment into the dead january day. Neema knew that Nate, her boyfriend, would take care of her. I'll give mom a couple of days to calm down. But those two days made all the difference, and Neema must draw from somewhere deep for the inner strength she will need.