Some people grow up in riches, much like Tina Kennard, Helena Peabody, and Jennifer and Daniel Schecter. Tina Kennard’s parents were best friends with Daniel and Jenny’s parents who together built a fashion empire that changed the trajectory of fashion all throughout the country. Richard and Janice Kennard ran the business and took care of Daniel and Jenny when the Schecters died in a terrible accident. So Daniel, Jenny, and Tina grew up in wealth, never catching a glimpse of the outside world. Stuck in their shallow, spoiled ways along with Tina’s best friend Helena, where everything and everyone was beautiful.

They were in all the magazines. Their company EcoFashion and their new CEO after Richard retired with his wife. Tina and Daniel had competed like mortal enemies for the spot and everything was based on the vote of Jenny. Would she vote for her brother? Or would she vote for her girlfriend?

When Tina proposed, the choice was easy. Of course neither one of them loved each other. Well at least Tina didn’t love Jenny, and they both knew it. Tina was the biggest player in the city, second only to Helena who was her permanent wing woman. Jenny knew it but her stubborn pride and her jealous obsession with Tina didn’t allow her to end the dysfunctional relationship. They were the model couple, and much like their lives everything had to be perfect.

Then there’s those people who live in absolute poverty much like Bette Porter and Shane McKutchen. Melvin and Maxine Porter had found Shane as a young child, completely alone, sleeping in a gutter. They took her in and gave her a home. Shane and Bette quickly became sisters.

One would think that’s a great life, but Melvin’s greed and ambition prevented that. He knew that the only way to get out of poverty was for Bette and Shane to get doctorate degrees and become executives. So he used to tell them since Bette was nine and Shane was seven, "you are ugly. Your appearance doesn’t matter. No one will ever love you. No one will ever marry you. So instead of having impossible dreams, study and get your degrees. You don’t have beauty to get you anywhere, so you have to build a brain."