They lived next door and each had a yen for the other, though neither knew. Then life began to treat them differently. Jeremy Wilcox came into his inheritance, after passing the bar and getting set for his life. Carolyn Sherman and her Mom, Melinda, were beset by financial problems that Carolyn's Dad, Fred, had left for them, when he died. Then: a little voyeurism and a spectacular coming together.
It was always terrible decisions for Karon Sugarman, at least that's the way it seemed, first with her husband Lief, who ran off with a secretary, and then with the new young boyfriend, Jay, who proved to be rough and wanted to 'pass her around'. Their argument left her homeless. But an angel was waiting for her right around the corner, for it was then that she met Dr Evers.
Her strange request was to have grown three more inches, which was, she thought the difference between being 'dumpy' and wonderful. But he knew the truth. The three inches were not necessary at all.
Further adventures of Tim Murphy and his lovely Mom Judy. Overcoming Judy's funk, after Peggy the teacher leaves, is a major job for Tim but he finds a way that pleases him and fulfills his Mom, Judy.
The neighbor lady that Tim Murphy played with, his sex object, Mrs Winfield, moved away and Tim was in a funk. Then he had an encounter with his Teacher Ms Karney. But this relationship was discovered by his Mom Judy, who decided to intervene but then was added to Tim's stable.
They had both had a difficult recent past, both Mike and Tracy. He'd gotten left at the altar and Tracy had lost her job and had to scrape by to make enough for her and her lovely daughter, Ramona, to live on. It was then, on the day that she was delivering fliers from door to door, that he made a decision that seemed silly but worked out, with her, to be a great romance.
A new form of bullying is taking place near schools for emotional handicapped and learning disability kids. It's called 'Tweaking the Freaks'. Officer Ray Bentler is assigned to watch at one such school. His neighborhood favorite Amanda Hill, on the way home, is bothered by a group of bullies. They also push down her Mom, Judy. Ray intervenes and their history together begins.
In a short six month period, Mary Beth Rohan, who had already lost both of her parents, suffered the deaths of her three cousins and then their wonderful father, her Uncle Ned. After the cousins' funeral, Mary Beth stayed with Uncle Ned to take care of him. The only bright light at that time was the handsome detective, Mike Gray, who investigated the road rage incident that killed the cousins. Then Uncle Ned died making an arrangement that stunned Mary Beth. She turned to Mike Gray to help her.