Cove and Heather first meet when they are ten years old, bonding over a
seashell they find on the beach. They each keep half of the shell and
promise to meet again the following morning. However, when Heather has a
terrible accident and Cove's family decides to leave, Cove begs his
parents to drive around the area to find Heather so he can give her the
seashell and remind her of their promise to meet again the following
week. Unaware of the accident, they eventually leave without reuniting
with Heather.
More than twenty years pass before Cove and Heather's careers bring them
back together. Cove is now a spinal cord surgeon and Heather works in
cytogeneticist. As they reconnect and reminisce about the day they first
met at the beach and shared the seashell, they realize who the other is.
Despite the years that have passed, they never forgot each other and the
special bond they formed over a simple seashell.