Henry Baker was a patient man. For one thousand three hundred and sixty eight days he waited for her. Henry waited to return home to Elouise Duran, the beautiful blonde whose last gift to him was a red lipstick stain on his left cheek on December 27th, 1941. Three grueling years, and it is nothing more than hope that is driving Henry through each scarring battle. Will his good fortune outlast his fate?

Against the backdrop of the First World War, a young soldier tries to forget his past and survive each day. Back in England, a young woman who has made a terrible mistake tries to forget that he ever existed. Memories of happy summers long past mock the brutality of the world they now live in and each day; both on the front line and at home is a struggle to survive. But somehow, in the flare of bombs and the ashes of the battlefield... A youthful love simply refuses to die. And the repercussions of a buried, forbidden passion haunts them both. ~~~~ First place winner in 'Sad Story Category' in the Victoria Approved awards