威尔士(杰伊·桑德斯 Jay O. Sanders 饰)和伊丽莎白(玛格丽特·柯林 Margaret Colin 饰)本来有一个非常幸福的家庭,两人共同抚养可爱的孩子克瑞斯(艾伦·阿什莫 Aaron Ashmore 饰)与泰德(威尔·埃斯蒂斯 Will Estes 饰),生活堪称典范。可是一天,威尔士因为盗窃大学的募捐基金而遭到了控告,虽然免除了牢狱之灾,但威尔士必须还清欠款,同时每周都要去法院报道。 在经历了最初的错愕后,伊丽莎白最终原谅了丈夫的一时鬼迷心窍,决定和丈夫一起还清欠款,可就在这个节骨眼上,威尔士竟然选择了离家出走,将沉重的负担抛给了妻儿。一晃眼十年过去,凭借着坚韧的意志力,伊丽莎白不仅还清了欠款,还成为了商业会所的总裁,并且有了恩爱的男友,此时,一封神秘的信件打破了伊丽莎白苦苦经营的这一切。Patrick Hennessy Welsh had a fine job at an Ohio university, but abused it to cash fake expenses filed under the names of unsuspecting professors. When he is found out and condemned, his wife Elisabeth and sons Chris and Ted find a note that he has committed suicide and will love and watch them from heaven. Years later, when they have painstakingly adjusted to life without a dad, she learns from the insurance company he is not dead- it appears he has been allowed to start a new life as Timothy Michael Kingsbury to pay off debts. Elisabeth first approaches him alone, but doesn't even get financial compensation for the repayment demanded by his falsely paid-out life insurance. Ultimately she tells the boys the truth, as she intends to sue him...