Sometimes you have to pay a high price for your promises... Evelyn Taylor-Clark is living out her last days in the Forest Glades hospital, located in one of the rural areas of England. At first glance, she appears to be a good-natured old lady who enjoys spending time doing crossword puzzles. Among the things she brought with her were letters to her husband. In them she talked about her life, about the decisions she made and the actions she committed. Her past holds secrets that she remembers down to the smallest detail... Pat, Evelyn's niece, going through the archives, finds wartime photographs, a passport in someone else's name and other personal belongings and gives them to her aunt. Looking at these documents, Evelyn is transported back in time, to a terrible place. Once she went there to take revenge on the man who sent her husband to death. Evelyn found herself drawn into a world of pain and betrayal that changed her forever. After all, the capacity for cruelty can often be hidden under the guise of civilization.