Donald Sullivan, known as Sully, rents the upper floor of Miss Beryl's house. His knee was injured at work and he is receiving partial disability and enrolled in a rehabilitation training program. The sixty year old man decides he will quit the training and return to work since he does not want to work on air conditioners. He is divorced from Vera and has a son Peter who is married to Charlotte. They have three sons who are Sully's grandchildren. He does not even know their names when he sees them. Sully has been having a relationship with Ruth for more than twenty years. They stopped seeing each other when her younger son saw them together overnight but they are still good friends and talk whenever they can.