In this intriguing tale, two distinctly different lives intersect with unpredictable, tragic consequences. John Weyland is a hard working business man, struggling on two fronts. At home, his wife feeds her hunger for self indulgence with material objects, as she desperately climbs the social ladder. At the office, he is tormented by the questionable practices of corporate executives driven by lust for power. Maria Nystrom is a brilliant researcher whose aspiration is to apply her knowledge of chemistry for the betterment of life for mankind. After a brief, failed marriage, she meets John, the two fall in love, and she leads John to a totally different, more fulfilling kind of life. Fate, however, intervenes and John, who has been unable make important decisions, suddenly has to make the most important choice of his life. Will he be able to make it?