A Liverpool story about a loving family who have lived at the same address for 30 odd years, desperate to escape Eddy bets on the horses.

Maria is a dancer who becomes pregnant, unexpectedly, and has to decide whether or not to keep the baby. When her live-in boyfriend, who is not the father, admits to cheating on her, she kicks him out. Still unable to decide what to do, she imagines a dialogue with the fetus.