Sara is an hotel receptionist until her friend Caroline, a resident, helps her into a new job - as a secretary at her son Redvers' flower-farming business in the Scillies. When Redvers eventually whispered, 'I love you, Sara', she should have been elated. But an inner voice mocked her - telling her it would have been more truthful had he said, 'I love you, MIRANDA'... Was he merely using her as a shield against a love that had once betrayed him?