Oliver Loving was seventeen when Hector Espina showed up at school with a military-style rifle and went on a shooting spree, killing several people. Oliver was lucky - he survived. Or he was unlucky - for ten years now he has not come out of a coma into which he fell as a result of being wounded. No one knows whether he retained the ability to feel and think. Only Oliver's mother continues to believe that her son hears and understands what is happening. Even years later, life in the small Texas town has not returned to its previous course. The school was closed, leaving teachers without jobs. Everyone treats Latinos who have arrived in large numbers with suspicion. Oliver's family was unable to cope with the tragedy and is falling apart. To get rid of difficult memories, my brother ran away from home. The father is trying to drown them out with alcohol...Suddenly, doctors have hope for Oliver's return to life.