Howard’s quiet life is interrupted when his first love, Kira, knocks on his door, holding a worn red box. She says, “I was supposed to give this to you all those years ago.” Inside, a letter and a positive pregnancy test reveal a long-buried secret that will break Howard’s heart and heal it.
Decades earlier, Howard and Kira had dreamed of a future together, but she left for Germany, and he never heard from her again. Now, Kira explains the box was never sent, and she had their son alone, believing Howard had abandoned them.
Kira’s son, now an adult, steps out of the car, and Howard meets him for the first time. The years lost between them disappear in an instant, and Howard is overwhelmed with emotion. Kira invites him to come live with them in Portland and get to know his family.
Howard, torn between his quiet life and the family he never knew he had, decides to join them. In that moment, he realizes love, despite the lost years, has reunited them.