Jenny, a young single mother and her son Harry are fleeing domestic abuse from her violent ex. She desperately needs to rent a house away, anywhere far away from him. Morton, the estate agent, however has ulterior motives and insists she takes a mysterious house that he is selling. Morton takes more than a passing interest in her son, and her friend Elizabeth warns Jenny that her ex is out for blood and she’s in danger of losing more than a roof over her head.