A successful traveling salesman from San Francisco spends much of his time traveling back and forth to Los Angeles, much to the frustration of his loving wife. When the childless couple decides to adopt, the responses he gives to some of the agency's questions raises some doubts in the mind of the adoption agency caseworker. Digging deeper into the salesman's background brings up a startling fact; the man has a second wife and child in Los Angeles. Exposed for what he has done, the salesman tries to explain the story behind his two marriages.