Ophelia Gene, a young, beautiful woman whose life has been brought to a close end, is facing her fate on death row. She doesn't belong there compared to many inmates that have committed more serious crimes. After all, she only killed her husband. She prepared herself for the consequences and death, but still has hope of God intervening so she may see her children grow up and live a life without abuse. She decides to write everything down in a journal for safekeeping, even the secrets that were hidden from her as a child. Ophelia has made choices that gave her a bad life, and there were choices made for her, which gave her the same outcome. Is death the only escape?.