A group of soldiers led by thenColonel Cenon Payawan Cris Villanueva attacks an NPA camp deep in the wilderness Among those killed is a rebel woman carrying a child in a sling Payawan adopts the child and eighteen years later the nowretired general and his wife are dealing with her rebellion Then her biological father Ka Ruben an admirably committed Arnold Reyes suddenly shows up at their doorstep claiming that he has cancer and that his dying wish is to get to know his daughter