Sandra Gould completes her studies with the support of the Klein family. To repay their kindness, she sacrifices her dream of attending an elite university and stays to support Joe Klein, who repeatedly favors Vivian Shelby over her. Joe assumes Sandra will never leave him—but he doesn't know about the secret agreement she made with his mother. When Joe finally wastes all one hundred chances he has, Sandra marries another man and rises to the top, while he spirals into ruin.
