In the series premiere, it is revealed that neighbors Randal and Alex, both of whom are married to other people, are having an affair. Marcie, Randal's wife, desperately wants to have children with Randal, but he is preoccupied with Alex. Natalie, a single mother of four children, is trying to make ends meet while balancing her children, job and a relationship with her son Frank's father, Lushion. She also has to make a difficult decision: Her eldest son, Joey, who is in prison on drug charges, can only get out on parole if she allows him to come home to live. Can she find the trust to give him a second chance? Esperanza is trying to move on with her life while keeping her relationship with her boyfriend, Julius, a secret from her ex-husband, Eddie. Meanwhile, single mother Kelly longs to marry Travis, who is several years her junior. Travis is away on a relief mission in Haiti.