shirley finds herself regularly alone and talking to the wall. she prepare an evening meal of egg and chips for her emotionally distant husband. her best friend offers to pay for a trip-for-two to greece. she leaves a note on the cupboard door in the kitchen. in greece she rediscovers what she had been missing in england. she is so happy that she decides not to return. she leaves her friend at the airport and goes back to the hotel. she asks for a job.