Seventeen year old Tommy's sister Angie is being sexually abused by thier father: a man who would sell his children to support himself. Tommy promises Angie that he will get the money so that they can escape the father's grip. He is shy, without resources, friends or money. untll he meets up with and old school friend, Henry Arms and the two set off to become rich. Tommy, ashamed, never tells Henry about the trouble at home but is determined to follow him to the wealth that Henry promises lead them to. Along the way Tommy is loosing his sanity, worried about Angie and what his father is doing to her.