A mother who left the family because of her, a pregnancy that she could not help but abort, a husband for whom she never became an ideal wife, a child with whom she could not cope... Paige cannot drown out the feeling of guilt! Putting her own life on hold, she allowed the career of her dear Nicholas, an aspiring heart surgeon, to consume their love. But next to him she feels like a stranger and one day, like her own mother once did, she leaves her husband with a baby in her arms...