Emma, a young author, goes to see Erik, the publishing editor whom shes sent her debut novel. Their meeting leads to a love affair. The middle-aged Erik leaves his wife. What Erik doesnt know is that Emma recently began a relationship with the dramatist Stefan, whose play is also being published by Eriks company. One day Stefan overdoses and is brought to the emergency ward where Eriks wife Ann works as a doctor. These incident is the start of the story about how four peoples lives are crossed during ten years, until the four of them finally end up in the same loneliness they started.