What happens when someone
insists on love above all other bonds?

Everything is packed. A family is moving. Frank and Claudia, along with their nearly grown son, Andi, are leaving the place where they have enjoyed nearly twenty years of marriage and raised their son. Hope is in the air and the hallway is filled with mountains of boxes. A melancholy air blows through the empty apartment. Andi will have to say goodbye to hs first girlfriend, Tina. Old remembrances surface as the last box is packed. Suddenly the doorbell rings. Frank opens the door. Standing there is Romy, Frank’s first love: ““You swore that you'd love me forever. Now I've come to hold you to that promise.” Frank thinks back, remembers. Could, should one dare to think it? Frank starts to lie, stumbling. He tries to convince his wife, Claudia, who has just come out of the shower, that he wasn’t speaking to anyone and thereby sets a fatal mechanism in gear whose horrific results reach the scale of Greek tragedy by the end of the piece.

Romy leaves the house, pursued by Claudia. But Andi, after hitting her in the head with a rock, brings the unconscious woman back into his parents’ home. When he returns later that night after seeing Tina for the last time, Romy is still there. They begin to talk about love. Romy seduces Andi. He will die.

The following morning Romy repeats her demand to Frank, give everything up, keep his promise and go with her.