Trudy and the Hollingsworths have arrived in beautiful rural France, ready to start their holiday at last.

At first, Pat and Tom think that Trudy having leukaemia is probably the hardest thing they've ever had to face. But then her mother is released from prison and things begin to get even worse.

The family is just beginning to pick up the pieces again after Trudy's death. Tom has taken it particularly badly and starts behaving irrationally. At first Pat puts it down to their money worries - but then Tom tells her that he's bumped into an old flame from his schooldays.