A cast of characters must now deal with their new reality. Irmina finds the behavior of two of the members of her book club suspicious. Aurelio has a plan to defeat the boss of his hacker group and get the rest of the members to stop looking for the nuclear codes. Hadleigh meets a mysterious hitchhiker whose story does not add up as they travel across the country. Kylen runs into trouble as he goes to a dangerous neighborhood to conduct a book burning ceremony with his friends. Halle must decide whether to move in with her daughter or move out of the country to follow her dream. Jana does not want to believe that her husband is telling her the truth about her teaching job. Emmalee´s life is finally starting to go her way until a friend offers her a new challenge that can upset her life. Arely is given an opportunity to help out her country by developing a fake flu vaccine in Taiwan to destroy China and allow its annexation. Novalie must deal with her odd family and their lack of support for her passion in life.
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