Her room and board was paid for, but she has nothing else in her life. No one to hold her when she’d stumble, to say she was loved, to celebrate a holiday with her, to give her a small gift. When a disgruntled student needs a chaperone to accompany her for a visit to her uncle, Jane is available, and leaps at the chance. Even a holiday with someone else’s family where she’s a despised employee is better than nothing. Her life is one long day of despair followed by another leading to a gray end.