The story follows Jane Sidley, a thirty-one year old moderately successful attorney, from the day she makes her last alimony payment to her rat of an ex-husband to the day he becomes a hero, falling from a tenth story window while trying to stop a terrorist bomber, sacrificing his own life to save the lives of Jane and her unborn child, whose paternity is uncertain. Jane survives the ordeal and learns to love again as she finds a new man who can accept her child, even if he cannot offer her wealth.