Laurel is a talented celebrity actress. Her life went on without shocks and mysteries. But almost half a century ago, Laurel witnessed a horrific crime. She saw with her own eyes how her mother Dorothy stabbed a stranger. Police explained this in self-defense, but the girl felt that there was a secret behind it, which Laurel buried deep in her heart for a long time. And so, when Dorothy is close to death, Laurel dares to learn her mother's secret. Dorothy's confused memories and Laurel's own investigation open the portal to the past: what happened in London during World War II. In the tightly intertwined destinies of three young men - Dorothy, her fiancé Jimmy and Vivienne - are the answers to all questions.