Ella appears to have everything she could ever wish for: She is married, with a grown-up son and a beautiful home. But her marriage has long since become routine. When she finds a box with a beautiful necklace in her husband Gordon’s things on the morning of her birthday, she is deeply moved. What a beautiful gift! Brimming with anticipation, she looks forward to spending the evening with him at a romantic garden restaurant. But the dinner becomes a fiasco when Ella discovers the necklace around the neck of Gordon’s young secretary.