Despite being just reminded by his mother, Rebecca (Rosanna Roces), that their father Benny (Dominic Ochoa) was only disciplining him for his own good, Andot (Zaijian Jaranilla) still fell into his friends’ bad influence. Aside from teaching him how to gamble, drink alcohol, and play billiards, they also ingrained into his mind that he must not let his father control his life since he’s already a grown-up. His parents soon learned about his shenanigans, which led to a heated altercation between Andot and Benny, in which Andot boastfully told his parents that he could already stand up on his own and that they could already forget that he is their son.
True to his word, Andot indeed departed from their home and went on to live with his friends, as well as worked as a habal-habal driver in order to prove to his parents that he could indeed live on his own. Rebecca tried to convince him to go home but he was so stonehearted and drove her away.
He then met a fellow habal-habal driver (Renshi de Guzman) who introduced him to an illegal side hustle—riding-in-tandem—that absolutely helped him and the other riders to earn more. Tempted to the promise of higher income, Andot went on to express his interest to try it although he was hesitant at first, especially when he was handed a gun that he would use to scare—and even kill—whoever would try to fight them.
With Andot as the driver and his partner the snatcher, they were successful in their initial attempts. Thus, Andot was able to buy new clothes for himself and his siblings, as well as to give quite a huge amount of money to his parents. Unfortunately, they failed in their last operation as the supposed snatching only resulted in the murder of their victim, Amir (Ivan Carapiet), a 20-year-old Iranian national studying here in the Philippines and was already on his last year—after Andot fatally shot him on the chest.
Andot's (portrayed by Zaijian Jaranilla) desire for independence and control over his own life pushes him to tread a dangerous path. But just when he gets the freedom he yearns for, a tragedy ultimately changes his life.
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