
In Manhattan's Upper East Side, Serena, the heiress of a wealthy family, had been deeply in love with her husband James for five years. Within three years of their marriage, she suffered a ruptured spleen in a car accident, requiring its removal and leaving her with a lifelong weakened immune system. Meanwhile, her husband James doted on her sister Sophia, repeatedly favoring her and even forcing her to undergo skin grafts for Sophia during her post-operative recovery. Humiliated and heartbroken, Serena finally gave up and left him.