This heartfelt gut wrenching story is based on two young lovers stuck in the dark days of love and beyond .
It is told by an old woman by the name of Ava Brigands who now is 91 years of age. She is sharing the one story she holds closest to her heart to her now 16 year old granddaughter who is soon going to her first prom with the one she says she " loves ". This is her effort to make Lillian Rayland ( her granddaughter ) understand true love and to never use the word LOVE loosely.