At first glance, Alina Tikhonova's life is a perfect picture. A woman whose childhood was far from cloudless, she is determined to do everything for her own children to grow up in a perfect family. She is ready to close her eyes to the fact that her husband, who regularly presents chic bouquets, is a tyrant and a despot, her daughter is estranged and associated with bad company, her son is silently suffering, doing her father's foolish deeds, and her mother-in-law does not respect her. But Alina is sure of all her faults, and she will tolerate the beating of her husband, so as not to repeat the fate of the mother, which she hides from her own children, because she does not fit into the perfect picture.
It ends when the man lifts his hand at his son, nearly kills Alina herself, and the daughter leaves the house. Alina realizes that all her plans are broken and need to be saved.