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Having spent thirty years in prison for the murder of his wife, David must reconnect with the world and find out what really happened all those years ago.

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Having spent 30 years of his life in prison for the murder of his wife, DAVID KRILLE, now in his late 50’s and a born again Christian, must find a means of getting back on his feet, with the intention of starting his life from scratch. Despite clearly changing as a human being, David still does not believe he committed the crime he had been accused of. He stands waiting outside of the prison gates for a taxi to take him to the temporary housing he’s been placed in.

Despite the fact that David was not to expect particularly great accommodation, he was met with the harsh reality of what the place was really like. Dull, bare and somewhat claustrophobic, his accommodation was likened to a prison. With no friends or family to speak to or a job to go to, there was no real improvement in the quality of life David had been given.

In need of a walk and some fresh air, David sets out to look around the local area, see what’s changed in his absence. He notices a very populous high street with signs everywhere. All of this is too much for David who decides to wander elsewhere. On his journey, David discovers a vacancy as a local plumber in somebody’s window. Having learned the trade while in prison, he heads off home to change and prepare for an interview.

It is in this interview where David meets NICK, a stern, self-centred man with a serious attitude. With the interview running more like an interrogation than an interview, David is finally met with an opportunity to prove himself as a reliable and skilled plumber when Nick asks David to fix his sink. This opportunity lands David with a job, off the books.

With the days rolling over, the long hours begin to take a toll on David who just wants to be able to rest up. Already tired and fed up with the work, he begins to work on a faulty a boiler at somebody’s house. Little did he know that somebody would happen to be one of his best mates from the past, STEPHEN, a former firefighter with lung cancer. Flashes from the past begin to haunt David.

Stephen has since grown to hate David since he entered prison, however lung cancer has kept Stephen house bound and alone. The two meet up and take a walk round their local park before sitting down for a few drinks at Stephens place to really catch up. It is while they catch up that Stephen is met with mixed emotions. While he still hates the fact David had murdered his own wife, SUSAN, and burned her body, he recognises that he is in fact a changed man, an honest man.

Still unaware of where he stands exactly with Stephen, David is sat at home alone, eating his pot noodle. The phone begins to ring. It’s Nick. Nick rings David to let him know that he has found out about his prison life as well as the murder and fires him. This leaves David shocked and confused. He begins to suspect that Stephen might be behind this.

The next day, David decides to pay Stephen a visit to find out whether he was behind his firing and what his intentions were. Upon entering the house with a spare key, David finds Stephen stuck in his bed, possibly dying. David attempts to regain his composure and confronts Stephen about his job. Stephen confirms that he did contact Nick about his past life, explaining that he hated David’s ignorance towards his own savage crime. This leads to David then making false accusations at Stephen, that perhaps it was in fact Stephen that killed Susan all those years ago. Angered, Stephen reveals what really went on that night. Susan was in fact cheating on David with Stephen. While drunk one night, David found out about this and killed Susan and burned the bedroom with her body in it. Upon hearing this news, David lashes out at Stephen but stops himself from killing him at the last moment, explaining that it was now Stephens turn to face his own life sentence and disappears for good.