Joelle spends her marriage enduring endless torment from Sutton, who served ninety-nine divorce petitions, paraded a pregnant mistress, and deliberately pushed her into the arms of an old lover. It is only following her tragic demise and Sutton's lonely burial that the devastating truth is unveiled: Sutton suffered from terminal cancer, staging every betrayal so Joelle would feel hatred rather than soul-crushing grief.
Waking up in the past on the exact morning Sutton hands her the ninety-ninth divorce petition, Joelle tears the documents to shreds and wraps her arms around him. Rejecting his calculated cruelty, she vows to stand beside her secretive husband, fighting against medical odds to save his life before the clock runs out.
