A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Someone has justifiable outbursts that may be considered socially inappropriate -- but there are not many 'appropriate' actions to take in those situations. Arguably, a different person might have involved a third party to mediate earlier on, but it unclear if that happened, there were finances to do so, or if it could have helped.