Seven years ago, the heroine of the novel entered the church as the bride of one man, and left as the wife of another. Since then, she has been haunted by a feeling of guilt and shame in front of the one she rejected. Did he love her when he called her to the altar? Or was he ready to connect his life with her out of a heightened sense of responsibility of the elder to the younger one who was in trouble? Having met again with a friend from her youth, a young woman is trying to solve a difficult, but, as it turns out, far-fetched question: is it possible to love as a sign of gratitude or is it enough to be grateful in response to the love of a loved one?