Marina is having an affair with a man burdened with a family, and Alexey got married “on the fly” and, although the marriage did not work out, he is painfully attached to his daughter. Fate persistently brings them together, but Marina and Alexey turn away from its obvious signs. Each has their own gift: he is a talented artist, and she is able to read other people's thoughts. Both keep terrible secrets, and both will have to go through fire, water and copper pipes on the way to happiness.