Lee struggles to convince his mother to return to his childhood home. Though she proclaimed she wouldn't return after, 'the house nearly killed her the first time around,' she gives in to her only son's wishes. The current owners, the Jessup's, were putting the house up for sale after 40 years and it might be the last time they'll be able to see it, so they visit.

Immediately, the house has considerable changes. The sink has been taken out and replaced with a trash compactor. The old gas stove replaced with a new one and a brand new double sink. The wall of his grandparent's bedroom has been knocked down to make room for an expanded master suite. The only thing that remained the same was the newel post from the old handrail, however, even it felt out of place amongst all the new changes.

Though everything felt so new as to cloud Lee's proper moment of nostalgia on his childhood, one discrepancy held both the current owners and Lee. The old storage room across from his bedroom was apparently black by the time the Jessup's moved in. Though both he and his mother had remembered it completely differently, neither of them could surmise how it had come to be over time. Lee's mother takes an abrupt departure after her breathing becomes shallow: a regular occurrence in her old age no matter how disturbing. Something change even without you noticing.

Lee takes his mother back to her home for a last night of stay. She needed to get out of that home: the sooner the better lest she is overwhelmed by the past. To his worry, she wakes up before him and makes them both coffee, though she is prohibited from having it due to her heart complications. Lee tries for the umpteenth time to convince her to take in a roommate to live with her, but she won't have it. Though he worries about her health, her life and living arrangements are exactly how she'd have it.