“And that love only intensified the sting of powerlessness.”

Now all he had was a monstrous college debt—to Sallie Mae and to everyone he had ever begged or borrowed from to graduate. Ray loved Savannah with every cell of his being. And that love only intensified the sting of powerlessness. His frustration over the events beyond his control consumed him, fueling a restless search for answers—some way, any way, to transcend their hopeless reality. More than anything, he burned to give his soulmate the life she deserved. But love alone couldn’t bridge the widening gulf between dreams and reality. ~ After hanging up the phone, Ray’s thoughts drifted to his childhood.