Bobby Valmont, born to a beauty queen and a college football star who later became a prominent politician, endures relentless abuse and mistreatment from the affluent youth of East Shore, a privileged community situated to the east of the lake on the west side of Austin, Texas. At sixteen, Bobby decides to confront his tormentors, emerging victorious in a confrontation that sets him on a six-year journey marked by both triumphs and tribulations. Ultimately, he rediscovers himself, finding solace and equilibrium as he returns to the person he was six years prior.