The death of the head of a powerful family, in which he was a rich and influential person, his wife a banker, the daughter of a district prosecutor and the son of a congressman, brings great sorrow to the survivors. By will, most of the property is left to the wife, the son receives a significant amount of money and the daughter, in addition to a small amount of money, receives a cryptic record from her father who offers her a different inheritance. This will, in fact, prove to be a dark secret that threatens to destroy their lives.