Ross works in Admin for the Civil Service. He is married and is a victim of domestic violence and abuse. He feels very lonely and is unable to find anyone with whom he can talk to without being judged. He decides to visit his mother in law in order to find out about his wife's childhood. He suspects something was seriously wrong when his wife was a child. And that something happened to her that his wife is unable or unwilling to share with him. He is sure that this is behind his wife's violent behaviour towards him and his children.