Caroline has just been diagnosed with cancer and told she only has three months to live when Stacy, her husband Eric's old flame, shows up with a six-year-old kid that she claims is Eric's child. Eric goes on to repeatedly wrong Caroline, and as her cancer symptoms worsen and she slips into despair, she decides to divorce him. Only after their separation does Eric realize that he can't live without her, and he then finally learns of his ex-wife's cancer diagnosis. By then, it's too late for reconciliation, as Caroline is determined not to spend her final days loving him.