Single 38 year old editor and food writer Kikuchi Izumi works for a small publishing company. She hasn't heard from her partner of 10 years in the last 5 months after lending him 2 million yen. After she suddenly receives a call on her phone, she is yelled at by an older woman. The older woman even enters the same cab with her and they are both heading to the same location. By chance, Izumi learns that the older woman is Nakajima Haruko, the owner of a very popular Tokyo beauty clinic. She winds up accompanying Haruko to a luxurious party. While there, she encounters Onuki Kenichi and his 10 year mistress Yoshioka Kumi. Izumi is distraught to find someone in similar circumstances as her. When she's asked for advice, what kind of advice can Haruko give?