The story is about a young man named Bobby Wayne Brooks who grew up in central Georgia. When his country was drawn into an unwanted war, he enlisted in the navy and served as a navy SEAL. During those few years, he served honorably and exemplified great courage. He received injuries on one mission that were severe enough to end his career in the SEAL program. He was offered a different assignment or a medical discharge. He took the discharge and returned to civilian life. After those few years of fighting, he figured he had had enough excitement and dangerous activities to last a lifetime. But he soon found that his reasoning did not impact the things life had in store for him. As a civilian, he soon found himself involved with the spirit world, which was something he did not understand and really had no desire to learn. Being a Christian, he believed that when a person dies, their soul immediately goes to their eternal reward. But he had heard many stories about people having encounters with the spirits of people who had passed. He did not understand them. Neither did he question the reliability of the stories he heard. He just accepted them and moved on with his life. As it turned out that unwanted encounter with the spirit world brought about an undesired involvement with the criminal world that could have cost him his life. But in the end, he counted the entire episode as very worthwhile since it brought about a beautiful romance that eventually led him to the love of his life, who became Mrs. Bobby Wayne Brooks. They both discovered that time was not a good measuring device when you find the one God intends for you to have.