All the excitement has gone out of Tom and Lucy Davies' marriage. Tom is depressed and Lucy increasingly feels that she has been cheated by life and the years have been passing her by. However, for Tom and Lucy and their two daughters everything is about to change and their family will no longer be the same. When Arif comes into Lucy's life he seems to offer her all the things she never had from Tom and she grabs the opportunity for something different with both hands. Life is good again, but Lucy's dreams turn to tragedy when Arif gives her more than she ever bargained for.