She gets the doctor's assurance to keep her illness a secret and not tell her husband Bradley and young daughter Polly.

For New Year's Eve, Mary insists they invite Chris to the annual party.

Husband Brad is paying so much attention that Mary hears the other women gossiping about it in the ladies' room.

It becomes clear that Brad and Chris are falling in love and to get away, Mary visits her father in San Francisco.

She comes home and decides if her husband no longer loves her that suicide may be the answer.

Chris's first husband died in World War II, and she never expected to see love again.