Writer-loser Roman must, on some time to become a detective and find the thief of coffee-cups, to pay a debt to the hostess of cafe for all used coffee in the account of future fees. During investigation Roman falls in love in a kidnapper.This is a modest girl, Galina?And Galya found in him the same fate, which she saw in the coffee grounds at the bottom of the cup. However, not everything is as easy. When Galya comes to understand that Roman was not motivated by sincere feeling, but detective's cold calculation, hunt for happiness grows into tragedy.But a fate gives the second chance to our heroes. Because all, that took place between Galya and Roman, was only in Galya's imagination, during fortunetelling on coffee-grounds.