When rich, spoiled Callie Parker was a little girl, her father 'adopted' three children as her playmates. Parker Manor became the new home of Bode Jessup, Callie's idol and 'big brother, ' and of Brie and Sela, two girls from poor families who thrived in their new surroundings. Now, years later, Callie lies in a coma on the eve of what was to have been her lavish society wedding.