This is a story about a young girl with a difficult fate. Her name is Ekaterina. The main heroine passionately dreams of becoming a mother, but she is unable to get pregnant. So she starts asking her husband to adopt a child from an orphanage. They decide to take in a 6-year-old boy named Semyon. Unexpectedly, Katya's husband Alexey leaves her for his mistress. Katya struggles to get along with her adopted son. However, she tries her best, and gradually the boy starts to soften. But then a new twist of fate awaits the young woman.