Dr Paul Sheffield became a doctor after graduating medical school and married his high school sweetheart Julia and they both had a son, Scotty. However Julia was mentally ill after being raped by an older relative as a child and as a result, is repulsed by sex or the idea of sex. Paul, having enough of a sexless marriage, goes on to have an affair and Julia decided to punish him by drowning herself and Scotty on Scotty's 3rd birthday, Julia however survived and was sent to a mental hospital and remained their until her death.