Ten-year-old Jackie Woods is thrown into the horrors of humiliation and abuse when she is forced to live with a distant relative after a fire destroys her family. Her only hope of escape is the letters she finds written to her father so long ago and the man who wrote them. Thirteen-year-old Brad Crawford is robbed of his parents when a fatal car accident changes his life forever. The only thing that keeps him going is his search for a face he saw briefly in a hospital room. Barry Crawford is the brother who is cunning, and devious by nature. He needs money to feed an addiction he can't control. He wants his brother's girl for other reasons, and he'll stop at nothing to get what he wants. Brenda Crawford is the sister who leaves home in search of something she left behind, only to find it when she returns. Vince Gerard is the guardian, caregiver, father, and brother. The only thing he wants is to make sure his adopted family is safe. Until he falls in love. Kelly Joseph could be the one man that brings them all together in a small Arizona diner.