This book is the true story of a single mother who met the man with whom she fell in love with even with all his faults of alcohol use, drug use, and physical abuse. The man that took her daughter under his wing as his own and educated her on the game of basketball in addition to accepting her as his own, giving her the nickname Champ. She found herself slowly, unknowingly, sinking deeper into losing her esteem, losing her worth, and eventually losing her self-identity. The story of this young lady will take you on an unfortunately familiar journey to some. It takes you on her experience of high hopes and dreams that are continuously shattered to be built up with bricks of fabrication that never come to pass.