Louise Netti's family has been farming pearls for many years. Things were going well. But one day a misfortune happened: a fire broke out, and her parents died in the fire. When Lou came to in the hospital room, the pain was unbearable: grief over the death of her parents and wounds from burns tormented her. She did not attach any importance to the fact that the fire left ugly marks on her body. But the first man she fell in love with recoiled from her in horror when he saw the scars. Louise didn't want anyone else to experience that kind of shock. And she decided for herself that happiness should be sought not in love, but in something else...