Greg Hagen, Homicide Detective, is getting pressure from the South Beach Chief-of-Police when a prominent prosecuting attorney is found murdered in a South Beach hotel. The investigation leads Hagen to the hottest modeling studio on Ocean Drive and soon realizes that almost everyone connected to it had reasons to kill the attorney.

Sydney Kessler answers the phone call that no parent ever hopes to receive. He travels to the morgue. There, they unveil a body he doesn't recognize - his son Julian. Over the course of one night, Sydney embarks on a journey deep into the city to uncover the truth about how his son died. Instead, he discovers how his son lived.

Told as the memory of an aging gentleman, this is the story of Adan, a Puerto Rican boy who has one day to find a home for his pet goat, Chivo, before his family relocates to New York City in the late 1950s. While searching for a new owner for Chivo, Adan discovers the promise of first love with his childhood friend, Denise, whom he will also have to leave behind.