Aspiring nurse Olivia (Olivia Martin) receives the tragic news that her great-grandmother has passed away, while she is leaving the hospital one evening. After the funeral, she is comforted by her friend Emma (Gina Sandoz) and learns that she has inherited her great-grandmother's antique desk. While exploring the desk's compartments, she comes across a key that opens a locked drawer, concealing a long-lost diary of her ancestor Elizabeth Smith. A photo of Elizabeth, and her husband William Smith (Jerod Flores), falls to the floor, revealing the similarities between Olivia and her ancestor. As she reads through the diary, she learns of the tragic life they both led during the hardships of the Civil War. The hand-written letters between Elizabeth and William during the war contained within reveal their intimate relationship, Elizabeth's trials of raising her son alone, the death of William on the battlefield, and the subsequent development of a fatal illness that claims Elizabeth's life and leaving behind an orphan son. Upset by what she has read, Olivia ponders on the similarities between Elizabeth and herself, before being consoled by Emma who reminds her to not dwell on past similarities in another person's life. Upon returning to the hospital, Olivia complete's a patient's treatment when a man who looks strikingly similar to William Smith enters the room.