Grant and his wife Fiona have been married for decades when she begins to forget things; it happens slowly at first, but eventually her memory loss gets so severe that she has to be placed in a nursing home. When he returns to visit her, he finds that she has connected with a temporary resident at the home, and his presence is virtually ignored. After this revelation, Grant reflects on his own infidelity in their marriage, which he views as an innocent participation in the larger trend of professors sleeping with their university students. No matter what, though, he still always returned to Fiona. Eventually, her companion at the nursing home leaves with his wife, which distresses Fiona so much that she refuses to eat for several days. Even though Grant resents his wife’s new relationship, he seeks out her former companion’s wife in an attempt to persuade her to return her husband to the nursing home to visit Fiona. The wife is initially not receptive to the idea, but does seem to take an interest in Grant, and calls him to visit her multiple times. He contemplates what might happen if they were to begin a relationship themselves, but whether they begin to see each other is unclear. Grant visits Fiona again, and even though he brings her former companion with him, she has forgotten her angst entirely, and asks Grant not to leave instead.