Nicole Beaumont is staring at an invitation from her neighbors, Ted and Maryanne Miller, to a pool party to kick off the summer season. As she looks at the date on the invitation, she realizes that her husband, Jack, will still be on another of his extended business trips to Los Angeles. Jack is a lawyer, a very successful lawyer, and he spends more time on the road than he does at home. Although Nikki is an attractive woman, Jack's career and his monetary success are the driving forces in his life. His physical interest in his wife has waned to the point where their love life is virtually nonexistent.

Whenever Nikki asks Jack to interrupt his travels to spend time with her, he lectures her about the importance of travel to his business and to his ability to provide Nikki with a beautiful home, a pool, a BMW, jewelry, and other trappings of success. Nonetheless, she calls him that evening and virtually begs him to come home for the Millers' party. He brusquely rejects her request.

Nikki calls Maryanne to RSVP her "regrets," but Maryanne won't take "No" for an answer. Maryanne is Nikki's best friend, a gorgeous and successful professional whose husband is a professional photographer and videographer, and every woman's secret fantasy. Maryanne is Nikki's closest confidante and she is aware of the problems in the Beaumonts' marriage. She persuades Nikki to come to the party and allow herself to have a good time.

The party is a gala affair with plenty of good food and good conversation.