Wash is a middle-aged father to his two children, Sophie and Jaden, and a husband to his wife Mia. However, that is just about all that he can remember about himself. In an alternative reality where crimes are punished with scaled memory erasure, Wash has been given a life sentence. He is brought back home remembering nothing about who he once was, or what crime he did to deserve this fate.

After being dropped off at his home by police, and welcomed in by his family, his new-old life begins. His wife refuses to discuss his past crime and Wash spends much of his first few months at home watching the behaviors of his family, trying to put together the pieces. His reintroduction supervisor leaves him with more questions than answers, urging him to allow the past to remain a mystery.

Wash’s newfound tenderness catches his entire family off guard, making him worried about any brutality that could have inflicted in the past. When a fellow parent at his children’s school recommends using the public library computer to discover the truth behind Wash’s past, he finds himself at a crossroads. After a full year of memories with his family, a successful reorientation, Washington finds himself in front of computer headlines about him at the public library. He is left to determine his fate and identity by either clicking on the headlines or exiting the library.