Alfredo Celio is a man brought up in the ghettos of New York. His mother works for an escort service, but really is a prostitute. She is hooked on cocaine and he learns at a very young age how to survive on the streets. When he becomes a young man, he is very handsome and becomes involved with three different, beautiful women. He yearns for all the finer things in life that he never had. He works hard and becomes very successful. He is part owner in a nightclub, owns a film studio, forms a treasure hunting company and he and his crew travel all over the world looking for treasures. Later on, he and his friends starts a rescue at sea operation. But Alfredo has secrets and they come back to haunt him. His past catches up with him and he pays dearly for it.