About the book: 2024 / The great love that Agnetta feels for her husband pushes her to a crazy act. Afraid of disappointing the man she passionately adores, she abandons her sick son, exchanging him, right in the maternity hospital, for a healthy one. The woman carefully guards her secret, being in full confidence that no one will find out about her crime, but fate has other plans for this. Meanwhile, a sick child is adopted by a nurse who does everything to cure him. Both boys need love and care, but not all women have maternal instincts, just as not all fathers are scoundrels. Sergei is unhappy in his marriage, but he adores his son and, for his sake, endures his hateful wife. In his youth, he offended his beloved girl and doomed her to suffering, so he believes that he deserves punishment, because you have to pay for everything in this life.