William's world was shaken when he discovered that his uncle Larry, who had declared him dead, had orchestrated a cruel deception: his wife Jane was not who she claimed to be; the truth about his half-brother; and his uncle's different perspective of love and nationalism. William spiraled into despair and addiction, until a ray of hope appeared in the form of his son Joseph and a church bell. He learned to accept his past and cherish his present, until he succumbed to brain cancer. His life journey of love, betrayal, and redemption shaped his uncharted paradise.