Shortly after Emma Patton finds out that she will receive a large inheritance from her deceased parents, she receives a proposal of marriage from Harry Carswell. She dreamed they would have a beautiful wedding and a storybook marriage. Instead, she lived in a chamber of horrors. After going through all of her inheritance, having a string of affairs, and almost killing Emma and their unborn child, Harry Carswell leaves and joins the navy as a single male, with no dependents; providing no support for Emma and their children. An older couple, under the pretense of offering to babysit, tricked Emma into signing adoption papers for her baby. Another son wanted to go live with a man called the Preacher, who called Emma's home "a den of iniquity." Her daughter went to live with her grandparents, and all that Emma had left was her son, Frederick. Thanks to two friends, Emma met her knight, wearing a white sailor's uniform. As they danced, he pulled her close and whispered in her ear, "I think I have just fallen in love." He proposed to Emma and they planned to be married as soon as he received his discharged from the navy. Life was wonderful, until cancer took her down. Reverend Michael Charles and his wife, Kedra, helped to strengthen Emma's spiritual belief with their prayers and love, helping her through all of her difficult battles with cancer. Once again, Emma defeated death. Emma Patton's storybook marriage finally came true the day she married Sylvester Bandowski, her knight who wore the white sailor's uniform.