Lykke(13),thedaughterofaprominentLabourPartypolitician,hasaccidentallybeatenherclassmateJamie,thesonofalocalrightwing-politician,todeath.LykkeclaimsJamiesdeathwasanaccident,butnobodybelievesher.Theschoolsprincipal,Liv,isanidealistwho,againstherpoliticalbeliefs,hasbeenlivinginasecretrelationshipwithKarlErik,Jamiesfather.Whentheycantkeeptheirrelationshipasecretanymore,thesurroundingsreactwithdisbelief.LivsbrotherAndersisLykkeandJamiesclassteacher.Hewassupposedtobeintheschoolyardwhentheaccidenthappened,andisoverwhelmedwithguiltfornothavingbeenabletopreventtheaccidentfromhappening.Likewatersurroundinganundertow,wellexperiencehowthecommunityrelatestotheaccidentandtheaftermath.Howcouldithappen-andhowisitpossibletocontinuelivingafterwards?