Of recent, Grace convinced Hope she could forgive herself for her reckless and reprehensible past. All Hope needed to do was to pick up the pieces, improve on her strengths and develop new habits that would help her achieve noble objectives. Hope put her indifference aside and embraced the promise of a new life. Helping disposed and willing women overcome the past was Grace's primary aim in life. She had done it many times without failing. But Hope's case took a bad twist. Mr. Snilloc insisted Hope could not dump her filth just like that. The balance tilted precariously every day. Like a cat on a hot tin roof Hope must leap in one direction. Fortune, Grace's co-worker, was very much in her support; but he emerged the biggest loser overall. How Fortune ended it is life's grimmest irony. All through the vast blue sky, open ocean and grey expanse of land, Fortune did not find any source of encouragement. He did not have the strength to carry on, all because...