After two weeks away, a grandmother returns home to find her bedroom completely gutted, her mahogany bed and family photographs replaced by modern furniture, while her daughter-in-law Bianca casually announces she’s claimed the room for herself. When Bianca reveals the woman’s belongings have been packed away in the garage and a guest room prepared instead, the grandmother calmly suggests Bianca start apartment hunting, since this remains her house.

Bianca’s confident smile instantly collapses, and she invokes her husband Nathaniel’s name as though it settles the matter permanently. But heading toward the garage to assess the damage, the grandmother discovers a row of carefully sealed boxes that suggest this “redecoration” was planned long before she ever left for her trip, and opening the first one reveals something that makes her stomach drop all over again.