Stay the Night

Ellen Rayleigh's new husband divorced his first wife to marry her; unaware she carried a child. Ellen became the loving mother of four children. She watched her sons succeed and her daughters become self-sufficient. Each one through a maze of dysfunction, moral weakness, and ethical abandon. Ellen's husband struggled to keep the flames of passion blazing throughout the drama. Faced with losing the love of his life, he chose to relocate to the countryside. In a modest country home with weathered barn, they initiated a plan of marital recovery. A neighbor and single father unwittingly finds himself the focus of Ellen's interest. His acceptance of her spirited affection brings him unmatched bliss. One fateful day while listening to music on a stereo in the sauna, while drinking champagne and cuddling, while expressing their most intimate though illicit passion, a bucket of ice-water falls to the cedar-slatted floor. An electrical extension cord shorts the lovers' lives. The twin electrocution stuns both families. If only it hadn't happened. If only someone could stay the night.