Nearly a decade younger than her sisters, Melodia, the eleven year old tomboy, routinely struggles to escape their shadows—and then she finds herself hopelessly enamored with a man fourteen years her senior, who happens to be Ernesto, Ariella’s fiancé. Instead of falling out of unrequited love, Melodia’s obsession increases over the years, escalating both heartbreak and hostility between Ariella and herself. Finally, Melodia, now the perfect eighteen-year-old flapper, makes her long calculated move. She seizes her dream of dreams, and despite the mounting difficulties, clings tenaciously to it.