 On a lonely road in California s high desert, a young woman is summarily tossed from the cab of a pickup by her angry boyfriend. As he drives away, he dumps out her few belongings. She s Lola, with a black eye, heroin and nicotine addictions, jobs in pornographic movies, and a future, she says, of no thanks and three strikes. A drifter appears who sells insurance and quotes Robert Frost. After an initial wariness, Lola tells her story and the drifter offers some advice. What s next for Lola? Can she take another road?