(ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ)ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ʙᴇ ᴛᴏʟᴅ |

Shauna was brimming with excitement as she prepared for her first year at a new school, ready to start this journey alongside her best friend, April. But in a cruel twist of fate, everything changed when her father was involved in a devastating car accident. Tragedy struck, and Shauna found herself grappling with an overwhelming sense of guilt. Her father had been out picking up a cake to celebrate her hard-won acceptance into the private school of her dreams.

In the aftermath, the weight of the world rested on her mother's shoulders. With her father gone, her mother was forced to step into the role of sole provider, and the family's financial stability hung by a thread. Shauna's older brother and sister faced the heartbreaking possibility of leaving school, burdening the family with an imminent crisis that threatened Shauna's aspirations as well.

Meanwhile, across town, siblings Anthony (Tony) and Angela (Angie) Park were enduring their own devastating loss. Their mother had succumbed to cancer, leaving them adrift and without a home. Just when it seemed they had nowhere left to turn, Child Services delivered a shocking revelation-there was a living relative, their estranged grandmother, who would take them in.

As Tony and Angie navigated their new life, grappling with grief and the challenge of living with someone they barely knew, they were unaware of how their paths would soon entwine with Shauna's. As the three faced their personal tragedies, the question loomed: how would they find strength in each other amidst such overwhelming sorrow? What unexpected connections would form, and how would their intertwined stories evolve from the ashes of loss?