As Charles Redfern lies motionless in hospital his wife Anne & daughter Charlotte are forced to confront their relationships with him
- & with each other. Anne once beautiful & clever has paled in the shadow of her husbands dominance. Charlotte meanwhile is battling with her own inner darkness & is desperate to prevent her relationship with her not-yet-divorced lover from disintegrating. As the full truth of Charless hold over them is brought to light both women must reconcile themselves with the choices they have made the secrets they have kept & the uncertain future that now lies ahead of them.