y/n santiago thought she had life figured out. a strict puerto rican father who owns the neighborhood barbershop, a mother with a past everybody still remembers, siblings who keep her on her toes, and two best friends who know way too much about her business. then there’s zaire carter—the twenty-year-old barber her father trusts like family, and the boy y/n can’t seem to stay away from. their secret relationship is toxic, messy, and full of problems neither of them knows how to let go of. but one cold winter changes everything. a secret. a pregnancy. a betrayal. and suddenly, y/n isn’t just fighting with her boyfriend anymore. she’s fighting for a place in the family she thought would always be home.