The story revolves around Galina Andreevna, a modest woman who works as a teacher at a music school. She divorced her husband a long time ago and dedicated herself to raising her son Maxim. After Maxim brought a girl from an orphanage to his mother and declared her his bride, Galina Andreevna kicked her out. She is convinced that her son deserves a more worthy girl. However, Maxim followed Varvara and... saved her life at the cost of his own. The girl survived but ended up confined to a wheelchair.