When Ellen visits her late husband Paul’s grave, she finds a pair of children’s shoes on the headstone. Assuming it was a mistake, she brushes it off — until more shoes appear with every visit. Confused and unsettled, she finally decides to catch whoever is behind it.

One cold morning, Ellen sees a woman placing another pair of shoes at the grave. To her shock, it’s Maya — Paul’s former secretary, who disappeared years ago. Ellen confronts her, and Maya, tearful, reveals a devastating truth: Paul had a secret child, Oliver, born from an affair they had.

Maya explains that Oliver, now five, never met his father, but insists on leaving his old shoes at Paul’s grave as a way to feel close to him.

Crushed by betrayal but moved by the boy’s innocent gesture, Ellen chooses compassion. She tells Maya to keep bringing the shoes. Slowly, what started as pain becomes healing. Ellen begins forming a bond with Oliver — a living reminder of the man she lost, and a symbol of the unexpected family she never knew she needed.