Just when Nikki was beginning to regain her strength to move forward, a relapse pushes her three steps back. Her relationship with Ethan is waffling, her emotional scars are wreaking havoc on her life, and someone from Lance's past has emerged to muddle things even further.Can someone who has lost so much ever find her way out of the abyss of pain and sorrow and open the doors to the kind of relationship she so desperately deserves?