A beautiful, outgoing yet cautious young woman recently dumped by her cheating boyfriend. She lives with her eccentric mother and takes a job as a live-in caretaker for Victor, a leukemia patient. Initially insecure, she researches his condition and stocks healthy food. After falling in love on a coastal vacation and discovering his secret morphine use, she confronts him, reconnects at a Christmas party, and ultimately confesses her love, deciding to return to the hospital to support his fight for life.