When thirteen-year-old Jules loses her father, Vera—his fiancée—stays to raise her for five years. After leaving for college and building her own life, Jules returns at twenty-three and falls for the thirty-nine-year-old woman who once cared for her. Age gap, family history, and outside judgment force them apart again and again. Through separation, honesty, and pain, they finally learn to love as equals and make room for each other.