On her deathbed Aileen's mother reveals a secret she has kept for eighteen years and pleads with her daughter to fulfil a last wish. Torn by grief Aileen leaves Dublin the Fair City and Dermot the man she has grown to love. Lonely and vulnerable she unwittingly befriends a salesman at the seed mill where she has found work. Suddenly her life is in danger. On a visit back to Dublin Aileen discovers a devastating truth. When she finally decides to return to Dermot and the family she loves will the secret she too is now hiding tear her and Dermot apart?