If there was such a thing as one wish, would it be to live or love? Phillip Morgan never intends to be a victim. No child does. But when he is violated by his father, and nearly abandoned by his mother he is left without options. Phillip knows the truth about his father, but keeping the secret could cost him his life, and telling it could cost his mother hers. So when things are at their worst and deception is at its best, hatred is spawned and no one is safe. When Phillip's mother is divided between her husband and her seed, Phillip is backed into a corner and forced to make decisions no child should. And when hidden truths come to the light someone has to die-but who? Phillip's life is never the same when out of nowhere appears a seductive damsel, Shanta Palmer. Love erupts, but after a tragic accident Shanta is left hospitalized while Phillip is committed to chasing the possibilities that should have been. After the abuse, neglect, and pain, nothing seems to halt the ambitions of a determined mind. At least that's how it seems. After the tables turn and life can finally be comprehended, Phillip has much to celebrate. But his happiness is short lived when his family is murdered and the haunted stare in his eyes turn unforgiving. Nobody knows the darkness of disappointment like a shattered dream and no one has ever dare tried to measure the hurt of a broken heart. Perhaps, this was life's biggest sin; to turn a friend into an enemy, a father into a foe and a lover into a painful memory. Through it all, nothing stood strong like the power of a wish.