Ten years ago, a talented graduate of the law institute, Andrey Mityaev, decided to follow in his father's footsteps and become a police officer. During his first shift, the young defender of justice tries to apprehend an armed criminal. A fight breaks out, and a shot is fired... Shaken by the man's death, Andrey leaves the police force and becomes a lawyer and guardian to the daughter of the deceased, Nadezhda. He arranges for the girl to be placed in an elite boarding school and provides her with an education. Ten years later, Andrey meets the grown-up Nadya and falls in love with her. However, she believes the former police officer to be her father's killer and seeks revenge against him. But soon she realizes that hatred has turned into love...