After three years of hidden trial in a homeless camp, Vince Astor is crowned America's Godfather, heir to $20.9 billion. He keeps the secret when Helen Stark, the CEO he saved two years ago, proposes to him on the street. Still dressed as a bum, he follows her home and swallows her family's scorn as they force her to marry Philip West. His power then surfaces layer by layer. A bank president kneels, a $1 billion bid lands, an underboss kisses his ring. Helen chooses him anyway, for who he is.