Autumn is an attractive sixteen-year-old girl who has always looked after her drug addicted mother, as well as her younger sister Wintress. Wise beyond her years, Autumn never loses focus of what is truly important…her family. While she should be focusing on parties, dating and hanging out with friends, Autumn is unable to enjoy the simplicities of her teenage years. Instead, she spends her time playing mother to Autumn, searching endlessly in crack houses for her dope fiend mother and escaping into her world of writing poetry. Her entire world came crashing down one day as she and her sister witnessed the brutal murder of their mother. The death of her mother led to a chain of unfortunate events that tested her will, faith, sanity and even her will to live at times. Come join Autumn on her journey to ensure that she and Autumn are never separated as they enter the injustices of the foster system.

Celeste Monroe, better known as Cee Cee has endured insurmountable mental and physical abuse at the hands of both her mother and father. While most mothers would give their life to protect their child, Cee Cee’s mother used her to shield the attacks that were once directed towards her. She eventually became a participant. From the outside looking in, Cee Cee appeared to have it all. She was raised in a middle class two parent home. Both of her parents were successful and money was never an issue. Cee Cee appeared to be an All-American girl. However, underneath the phony smiles and straight A’s, Cee Cee was no stranger to hunger pains, broken bones and humiliation. She had big dreams to one day move as far away from her sadistic parents as possible. The only escape from her torment was her beloved best friend Alicia and eventually a handsome boy named Eli. Cee Cee, however will soon learn that all that glitters, isn’t gold.

Being raised by a single father wasn’t always easy for Gladys. It is difficult not to blame yourself for your mother dying while giving birth to you. She was the apple of her father’s eye until he allowed himself to be swept up into the treacherous world of heroin. The most helpless feeling in the world is having to sit back and watch the ones you love die slowly. It’s enough to make one wish they could alter the future or at least control a person’s free will. Read as these courageous women battle life’s many obstacles. Will they conquer their cycles of abuse, despair and hopelessness or will they continue on their journey to nowhere?

Alicia, Cee Cee’s best friend is spoiled rotten by her loving mother. There is nothing that Alicia asks for that she doesn’t get. Soon after discovering that she is pregnant by her boyfriend Mike, Alicia realizes that she has been sleeping with a complete stranger. Mike has been living a double life…one of which Alicia wants no parts of. Unfortunately for Alicia, Mike isn’t ready to let go. Mike would rather see Alicia dead and buried before he allows another man get close to her or his unborn child.