Twelve years ago, a sincere love burned between Elena, a student, and Mikhail, a military cadet—but fate dealt them a cruel hand: circumstances, other people’s schemes, and merciless ultimatums cast them onto opposite shores. Under pressure from Anton’s persistent courtship, Elena married him and gave birth to a daughter; the years formed a seeming idyll until a bitter truth burst into her life: her husband had been unfaithful to her. One night, having just finished an operation, Anton hits two men at a crosswalk—and, gripped by panic, flees the scene, leaving the victims alone in their misfortune. Unable to walk away, Elena stays with the injured men—and, with her heart pounding, recognizes Mikhail in one of them. Meanwhile, Anton frantically constructs an alibi for himself and sternly demands that his wife remain silent. When Mikhail regains consciousness, the long-extinguished flame of feelings between him and Elena reignites with renewed force. Elena faces an agonizing choice: preserve her husband’s freedom at the cost of the truth, or refuse to betray herself by revealing everything.
