SynopsisHaddie, still a young woman, was left with an enormous house, a bewildering stack of bills and paperwork of which she knew nothing, two longtime maids, and a young son to raise by herself. Finances had always been O. James Halloran's field of expertise and she had, all too willingly, left such matters in his capable hands. Now she was alone, weakened by the anguish of grief, frightened, infuriated that he left her without even a word and not knowing where to turn. She simmered in a caldron of despair for what seemed an eternity and could not help herself escape the strangling forces of depression. It was after these long periodic rounds of self-persecution that she awoke one day, mysteriously fueled by a bolt of power. An unfamiliar surge of willful determination propelled her body. She had been unaware that such a dominating force lay dormant within her. She was a survivor and over the next crushing months and years would be tempered and tested a hundred-fold.