When a mother dies of heart failure in a doctor's office, the physician--feeling somewhat guilty because he couldn't save her--takes an interest in the woman's young daughter, and makes her his ward, but his fiancé doesn't particularly like it. After he returns from a three-year engagement in Europe, the doctor discovers that his ward is now a beautiful, full-grown woman, and finds himself falling for her--even though she's engaged to his fiancé's brother.

In the last 10 years, the landscape of the pharmaceutical industry has changed. A handful of multinationals control the manufacture of most of the drugs.

Co seu traxe máis ostentoso, un grupo distinguido de individuos reúnese para celebrar un banquete. Todos ocultan a súa identidade pero son libres de revelar a súa esencia, xa que neste lugar apenas hai regras. Despois de limpar os entrantes, o servizo coloca unha bandexa grande sobre a mesa. Sobre ela, vulnerable, xace un home espido.