It's 2015, following the controversial July 17 legislation by the Zimbabwean government to abruptly cut off thousands of jobs, Simon has been the delivering the dreaded dismissal letters to his colleagues for weeks but when the ax finally yields on the Harare News general manager he takes the bad news very badly. The respected company executive turns into a self-made criminal. His 23 year old son has just been chased from university for non payment of tuition fees and his 25 year old mistress has just announced that she is carrying his baby.Simon turns to the bottle but does this bring his job back? Is this child really his? The story navigates through the demise of a man who had big plans after his retirement now faced with destitution and embarrassment.