Emmanuelle "Manny" Foshey, 29, and Cameron Stiles, 34, nurture a new, epic romance. Seven months into their courtship, they've mended their past heartbreaks to discover immaculate love. Next door neighbor Corey Marx, 17, is a recent California transplant, and a domineering, single mother's only son. The social outcast, Corey finds it increasingly difficult to cope in his new surroundings. Manny and Cam lend a wing; day or night, there's almost nothing they won't do to rescue Corey from circumstance. Then, by way of school studs Derek and Marcus, tragedy strikesand, as victim becomes assailant, five lives are shattered.