When a truck slams into her house, causing it to burst into flame, McKenna and her eight-year-old daughter Logan narrowly escape, watching horrified as it burns to the ground. As a result, McKenna suffers a concussion which diminishes her vision. Having lost all possessions, they are forced to camp out in a seedy motel with their narcoleptic dog, Stanley. Payne, McKenna's sex-addicted ex-lover, on the run from loan sharks, abruptly joins them, igniting hope in Logan who yearns for her parents' reconciliation and a "normal" life. For McKenna, Payne's reappearance, while reawakening desire, only adds to her anxieties, mainly the worsening of her eye condition that threatens her livelihood as a hair stylist.