After hearing that her estranged father-in-law has been told he has little time left, a married couple returns to the filthy home where he lives. A selfish lifelong gambler and womanizer, he tearfully begs them to guarantee his enormous medical bills. She persuades her reluctant husband to sign, unaware the document has been rigged to make him responsible for a debt. The father-in-law then threatens her: if she does not want her husband crushed by the debt, she must personally take care of him.