Thirty-nine year old Helen has been begging her lover Matthew to leave his wife and two young children for seven and a half years. Then, just as she decides that it is time to move on and plucks up the courage to tell Matthew it is over for good, he announces he's left his wife and is moving in with her. But now Helen has changed her mind. She doesn't want Matthew anymore and so the only thing left to do is encourage him to go back to his family which involves befriending his distraught ex and two daughters and persuading them to let him try again.