Anton Ebergard, a journalist famous for his cutting exposes on dirty public officials, is falling on hard times. His new book’s selling poorly; he was thrown out of his job in a prestigious newspaper. Anton’s daughter takes part in street protests and ends up behind bars. Money’s scarce: the bank is pressuring Anton who’s behind on his mortgage payments. To get a job as a publicity officer at a city council Anton has to go against his convictions. He warns the corrupt Mayor that the law enforcement’s planning to catch him red-handed when taking a bribe.
Marta, 30, works as a psychologist at a prestigious college. Marta's life is settled: a successful career, a good-looking boyfriend Timur, an aspiring writer, and dreams of a family. Suddenly, her student Yulia tells Marta about her pregnancy and a decision to have an abortion. Yulia is 17 years old, her mother died a couple of years ago. And Marta, having mistakes of her youth in mind, decides to tell everything to Ivan, Yulia’s father, a wealthy businessman. Ivan turned out to be Marta's first and greatest love, Marta herself was pregnant by him 12 years ago, but terminated her pregnancy (and contacts with him) having found out that Ivan was married... It seems that fate gives Marta and Ivan a second chance to gain love and trust, but can they forgive each other and forget the mistakes of the past? What will be the fate of the 17-year-old Yulia?