At sixty, Elsie was diagnosed with cancer. To avoid burdening her son's family, she kept the diagnosis to herself and continued working as an unpaid nanny, unwilling to spend even a cent on her own surgery. Then Calvin, a former coworker she had lost touch with thirty years ago, reappeared in her life as a modest retired worker and confessed his feelings for her. Her son Parker was already stressed out over a five-million-dollar investment deal. When he learned that Elsie was considering remarrying, he lost his temper in public. In his outburst, he accidentally spilled wine on his clothes and shoes and ordered Elsie to wipe them clean. Just as she was cleaning his shoes, the investor Zachary arrived on the scene. To keep Zachary from finding out he had made his own mother clean his shoes, Parker pretended not to recognize her in front of everyone, breaking Elsie's heart. As security was about to escort her out, she collapsed from a sudden hemorrhage, leaving Parker stunned. That was when Calvin walked back into the banquet hall.
