Samuel is a middle aged gay man. Mattias, a boy of twelve, has just fallen of his new bike. It is the beginning of a warm friendship. Almost thirty years later Mattias returns to attend Samuel's funeral. He thinks about everything Samuel has taught and told him over the years. About the loneliness and his only love, the beautiful sailor, William. In their old hiding place in the tower of an old church, Mattias finds a letter addressed to him, written by Samuel, to be read after his death. Here Samuel reveals the dreadful secret that has tormented him all his life.