Upendo tells a tiny lie to her cousin to save face. The lie? That she is engaged to Richard Lema her childhood neighbour. But she doesn't have to worry because her cousin is off to her honeymoon in Zanzibar and Richard Lema is several continents away. So when the lie makes a ride across the family grapevine, Upendo sits tight knowing it will soon blow away. Then her mother throws a party and Richard Lema shows up and Upendo's lie threatens to blow up in her face. As both Upendo and Richard try to stay one step ahead of the lie, old feelings resurface and suddenly those feelings are an even bigger threat than Upendo's little lie..