Faith struggles with her fiancé's revelation that he paid to abort a child he fathered his senior year of high school. Her belief system labels abortion as murder. Her dreams include a virginal marital bed. Can she offer forgiveness and trust to someone who shattered her dream and fostered an abortion? Aaron chooses to reveal his past certain that God wants to use his mistake to help others. As he grapples with the possibility of losing Faith, he must also face Kyra, the girl from his past. He believed the Biblical injunction "the truth will set you free," but he hadn't contemplated freedom without Faith. Her mother bequeaths Faith a journal that chronicles the marriage of Faith's parents, Sydney and David Lander. The family secrets revealed offer a path to forgiveness, if Faith can accept that every relationship must conquer hidden obstacles. The rose earrings her father gave her mother on their wedding day become a symbol of unconditional love.