Teresa faces two bad options: One, endure poverty and gang violence in Honduras. Or two, ride the Mexican freight train, known as the beast, to find a better life in the United States.Gangs torture and kill Teresa's father and boyfriend and threaten her and her brother. Together, Teresa and her mother, Susana, choose the beast as the best of their bad options, and Teresa travels with her teenage brother, José, and her six-year-old brother, Pepe. When José falls from the beast to his death, Teresa abandons the beast, only to fall victim to a rapist.Her fate changes when a Christian missionary in Mexico helps her overcome the devastation and trauma from the rape and restores her faith in God. She makes it to the United States and falls in love with Matthew, a soccer star. But Matthew's sister, Cynthia, betrays Teresa, and deportation tears them apart.

Matthew travels to Honduras, with unwavering resolve that Teresa and Matthew will win their battle to be together.?.