Howard, a quiet man with a solitary life, is startled when his long-lost love, Kira, knocks on his door after fifty years. She carries a worn red box, holding secrets from the past. Kira, now silver-haired, explains that she’s kept something from him all these years—a letter and a pregnancy test that reveal she had been pregnant with his child when she left. Back in high school, they were deeply in love, but the night of their prom, Kira told Howard she was moving to Germany. Despite his pleas, she left, and he never heard from her again. Howard had always wondered what happened, but never knew the truth until now, Kira confesses that her parents took her away, and she couldn’t contact him. She was terrified and thought he didn’t want them. She raised their son, Michael, alone.

As she tells him, Michael is waiting outside. When Howard opens the door, he sees his son—a grown man with his eyes. Michael steps forward and says, “Hi… Dad.” The two embrace, years of pain and longing dissolving in that moment. Kira watches from the porch, her heart full, as Howard realizes he’s not alone anymore. The years they lost couldn’t be recovered, but now they had the chance to begin anew.