A heart-wrenching tale of love, abandonment, and the power of choice in the face of adversity. Hope is a happy ten-year-old boy, even though he and his mother often have no food. Unemployed and destitute, it saddens Jacqueline that she cannot provide more for her son, but their hardship seems to enhance their love for one another. They have a solid bond until Jacqueline meets Eric, a wealthy man who takes her to fancy restaurants in the city and buys her lavish gifts and groceries. Even though Hope is no longer hungry, he is lonely, with his mother often away at Eric's extravagant home. Eric wants to marry Jacqueline but doesn't want to raise Hope. She has to make a choice. Having developed a taste for the good life, she chooses Eric and abandons Hope in the village to face poverty alone. For months, he cries for her, but she never returns. Hope decides to go to the city to find his mother, and after years of living on the hostile streets, his sadness transforms into hatred and a lust for revenge. Then he meets Jerry, an elderly man who offers him a simple gift that could change his life completely. Hope now has a choice, but what will the young man's decision be?
