Liz and John, loving spouses, were struck by a terrible tragedy — little Annie died, and everything in the Whitteyker family went awry, until their son Tommy’s friend appeared in the house. Young Marybeth, too, had survived grief: for her one passionate meeting with a boy she barely knew, she had to pay the highest price. The tender love-friendship between Tommy and Marybeth, and concern for the future young mother, carried Liz away and made her forget her own sorrow. And when a girl was born, Liz accepted this great gift that fate sent her!