Alma Gibson is elated and grateful for the joy that her baby sister Marissa has found with her husband to be Justin Weeks As their wedding day draws near Alma is concerned that Marissa is looking to fill the void from the loss of their mother by dredging up her deadbeat dad to give her away at the wedding The two sisters have different fathers but have never allowed that difference to create any space in the love between them Alma has her own painful memory of the last time that she met her father but she buried the memory so deep that she has never shared it with another soul not even her sisterAlmas desire to protect Marissa from a similar fate has become all consuming Her concern over Marissas naivete is so great that it risks jeopardizing Almas own happiness with her longtime boyfriend Marc Slade Marc does his best to support Alma but when he discovers that the men in both Alma and Marissas lives have secrets that may destroy the Gibson sisters fragile bliss he finds himself in the unenviable position of having to make a decision that could ruin his own chance for a happy ending with Alma