Joyce Malley, a grumpy housewife would have an unusual morning that began by an unexpected departure of her husband. Her husband Nick who was supposed to have told her details of his expected travel to Europe, ignored her, called a taxi early in the morning, and took off for the airport. In their five-year old marriage, Joyce had been quietly whining about her husband not spending enough time with her; This act and many others, seem to bring Joyce to the brink of questioning the value of her married life. She sulked as usual, but assumed that Nick would call her later after his arrival in Europe. But against inconceivable odds, she was about to receive news that would for a fleeting moment shock, but relieve her some how of her plaint.
Her sister Tina and Nick’s close friend Rodney, came home around noon that day with a somber message. News had quickly raced through the media and in small communities that a plane for Europe had crashed just before noon, and among the passengers reported dead was Nick Malley. Little did she know that her day would be turned upside down, not only by the sad news, but also by what would happen to her as she grieved.
Shocked but gracefully in control, Joyce took the grief with courage, and for a short while she came to terms with the widowhood, that fortuitously came with her new freedom. She confided to her sister what the next move might be, which would not exclude a high school boy friend from Brazil. By the end of that day Joyce's story would take a near-fatal twist that would land her in an intensive care unit of the town's cardiac center, being comforted by none other than her husband Nick.
Joyce and Nick would eventually triumph over their life-threatening crisis that required the precision of the medical professionals to turn it around, even as Joyce’s life was hanging by a thread. They would go on to plan a getaway vacation to Indonesia. Their adventures on the vacation would take them to a snorkeling expedition to witness the abundant marine life, and eventually to the world famous Komodo National Park to see the giant lizards known as komodo dragons. Something terrible would happen there, and for a while Joyce becomes a widow who ends up collecting a handsome insurance policy benefit. But Joyce's troubles do not completely go away before she solves a mysterious account of the scene of the accident as told by the local people of the island.
