A married lawyer drives home from work in the 1980s thinking about how he is uncertain whether or not his wife, who left home last night after they had a fight, will be at home. When he gets home, she is not there, but a police officer is standing outside the house with the lawyer's thirteen-year-old Justin. The police officer informs the man that Justin saw a face and a flashlight coming up from the basement, meaning there is an intruder in their home. The man is slightly suspicious how the flashlight shined through a hole from the basement because, to his memory, there is no hole, but he takes his son over to the neighbors to keep him safe. The two arrive at Sprecher's house, where his fifteen-year-old daughter Bridget already is, and they create small talk, with Sprecher showing Bridget his family album. The man does not like Sprecher and is annoyed that he is now stuck in part of the conversation. When Sprecher begins talking about the land that the man now lives on, which once belonged to Sprecher, the man blames Wilda for all the changes he made, such as getting rid of the grape vines. The lawyer begins to think about who might be in the basement and decides it must be his crazy wife hiding out in there after their fight last night. His wife Wilda was considering leaving him because he does not love her. He responded by saying that Wilda creates a mess of the home, always putting things where they should not go. When Wilda says she is suffering, the man responds by breaking her belongings— first her Currier lithographs and then her mirror, which on the back reads "Best Quality Glass Company New York." Finally, the police officer returns to reveal the culprit— not an intruder at all and not Wilda but a shard of broken glass buried in the carpet which created a reflection which looked like a face. The kids and their father return home. When the man offers to make his kids eggs, they refuse them. Bridget takes the kitchen sink sprayer and shoots her dad in the face with it. The kids go to their rooms, and the man thinks about how Wilda ruins everything, even turning his own children against him. He waits for his wife to come home.