A story of young love lost somewhere in the impatience of youth. Molly Callaghan, nine, and Andy Wilson, eleven, meet and love each other with the platonic enthusiasm of children. Although two years Molly's senior, Andy, after turning twenty, is not yet mature enough to meet Molly's needs. She looks elsewhere, and Andy is relegated. They, each, marry others but many of life's odd twists and turns have them meeting, years later, in a nursing home where Andy vows he will not make the same mistake he did in his youth. He will win her love again and marry her. But there are those who want them both dead...