Vera had everything it took to become a doctor: talent, perseverance, and a dream for which she came from the provinces to the big city. After enrolling in medical college, she spends sleepless nights over textbooks until Dmitry appears in her life. A medical student with the looks of a movie hero, he bursts into her life swiftly and recklessly. And when Vera realizes she is expecting a child, happiness seems cloudless. However, the young man’s mother, whose plans did not include a daughter-in-law from the provinces, forces him to give up Vera.
Years later, she is a successful cardiac surgeon, with her loving husband Kirill by her side, the man who pulled her out of despair. But one day Dmitry appears on the doorstep of the hospital. He has learned that he has a daughter, and now he is ready to correct the error of the past. But Vera’s present now belongs to someone else. Will she be able to choose between gratitude and the love that has never faded?