Emily's life revolved around teaching kinder-aged pupils and nursing her cancer-stricken mother with two older sisters. It was a safe, albeit staid existence. It all changed dramatically when her mother made them promise to see the world when she was gone.

'Promise me, you'll see the world,' she had told them on her death bed.

When the time came, she decided she would visit the countries of Australia, Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand. This was how she found herself in Bondi just before Covid-19's global spread and in Mark's life.

Who was this mysterious man? And why was she helpless against falling in love with him?