Bonnie is scavenging on a beach when she finds a bare-footed boy - cold hungry and in need of help. The authorities have already been troubling Bonnie but how can she leave this boy when he has no-one? Bonnie keeps the boy hidden from the border guards but as their suspicions grow she wonders if it's time to escape the life she's always known. Under cover of darkness they set sail to the 'house of light' in search of a new beginning and a sense of hope.