 The women are Kleri Mela (Katia Dandoulaki), a widely respected book publisher, her niece Reggina Kamba (Marianna Toumassatou), renowned lawyer, and Reggina's best friends, Elsa Saranti (Elissavet Moutafi), a young former singer engaged to the son of businessman Diamantis Amiras, Stefanos (Konstantinos Kazakos), and Dora Aggelidi-Sarri (Iro Loupi), a repressed housewife whose quotidian life is falling apart.As a child, Stratos witnessed the three younger women murder his older brother and legal guardian in self-defence (as he had attacked Reggina, who had been his lover, in jealous rage over their separation) and was sent to an orphanage.Having closely followed the women's lives, Stratos also targeted Kleri, who knew about the murder and kept it a secret.