Lessons in the Ashes

When Neil Stone receives devastating news about an accident involving Mom, his wife’s mother, he rushes to tell his wife, Abby Dollan. But Abby, mistaking Neil’s concern for his own mother, dismisses him coldly. Consumed by her obsession with rekindling a romance with her ex-boyfriend, Eric, she refuses to help Neil save Mom despite his pleas. In grief and frustration, Neil gives in to Abby’s demands for a divorce, letting her walk away.