Sixty-year-old housewife Helen Sterling wins a one-billion jackpot. Forced to walk away with nothing by husband Wade Miller, son Jake Miller and mother-in-law Carol Miller. She severs family ties, divorces, regaining dignity with Percy Sharp and his father. When the Miller family learns the truth, they kidnap and extort her. Helen sends them to prison, accepts Percy's affection, and starts a new life living only for herself.