Sean Munroe was a pathological liar, womanizer and scam artist. But he fooled even those closest to him, at least for awhile. One of those he fooled was Lily Munroe. Lily married him, only to discover on their honeymoon that he went searching for another woman. She was going to divorce him, when he told her he had a terminal illness. The six month prognosis ended up being three years, with Lily staying as his nursemaid out of guilt and some misplaced loyalty. One person who made it tolerable was Sean's partner and Lily's friend, Derek Wright. Lily was attracted to Derek first, but his passion scared her and she ran right into Sean's more comfortable arms. She always wondered what could have happened, but used Sean's illness and then death to hold him off. After six months of mourning, Derek is now ready to get back into the picture.

Derek has always loved Lily, but chose not to fight Sean for her because he thought Lily truly loved Sean. He was never sure if Lily knew that Sean was out dating other women while they were married or if she knew about some of his scams. He was currently looking into one where Sean had been selling their prize bull's semen on the black market; what was worse was the fact that it was not the real semen. Derek was trying to discover who the accomplices were so he could get them all put into jail. Meanwhile, Lily has discovered this scam and she, too, is trying to find out who is involved.