Ione endured years of neglect as Captain Darius's quiet wife, watching him dote on his ambitious first love Morwen while treating Ione with cold contempt. Diagnosed with terminal illness and given two months to live, Ione agrees to a divorce on one condition: Darius must fulfill five simple parting wishes.
As Morwen secretly tampers with Ione's prescriptions, Ione uses an international aviation banquet to reveal that she was the anonymous nurse who restored Darius's sight years ago. Leaving behind only regret and fading fireworks, Ione slips away, forcing Darius to face the devastating reality of his foolish cruelty.
