Fleeing in the night with Maddy, Alex seeks help from social services and lands a job with Value Maids, only to find her problems are just beginning.

After a long night on the floor of a ferry terminal with Maddy, Alex finds shelter, but custody issues and an unhappy client push her to the edge.

Determined to send Maddy to a better preschool, Alex desperately searches for a new place to live, a process complicated by her government benefits.