Valya, a thoughtful woman with mermaid eyes, planned to spend her whole life among the lush books of the library - her husband earned good money, they had no children. But then suddenly something happened that she least expected: she met Vanechka - the one who was her first love promised to marry, but exchanged her for the daughter of a successful lawyer... The world turned upside down, and Valya realized that she had lived for eighteen years without knowing love, bright emotions, happiness... However, he who betrayed once will betray again. Whoever forgets this suffers severely. And suffering covered Valya completely: not only Vanya deceived her, but also her husband and best friend. What remains - to drown? But Valya did not allow herself to be drowned by disappointment and grief. In spite of everything, she swam against the current...