David returns to the small town where his ex-wife Kelly lived after discovering his 16-year-old son Ethan is missing. Ethan’s bed is empty, his window open, and his wallet and phone left behind. Worried he’s in danger, David searches the town, asking around and eventually posting Ethan’s photo on the local Facebook group. A teacher named Marianne messages him, says Ethan was her student, and invites David to her house, claiming she might know something.

At Marianne’s home, she explains that Ethan was a good kid who fell in with troubled friends and that Kelly had struggled to keep him on track before she died. While she steps away to make a call to one of Ethan’s classmates, David checks Facebook again and notices Marianne has reshared his post with the chilling caption, “Come quickly, he’s here.” Moments later, police lights flash outside, and an officer arrives, asking David to come to the station because it’s “about your son.”

Panicked, David fears the worst as he’s escorted to the police station. There, the officer leads him down a hallway and opens a door to a holding cell — where Ethan is sitting on a bench, shaken but safe. The officer explains they caught Ethan trying to break into a house on Willow Drive after a neighbor reported a suspected burglary. David realizes it’s the house where Ethan used to live with his mom and understands this wasn’t a random crime.

Ethan admits he came back to rescue Smokey, a stray cat his mom used to feed every night, terrified the cat would starve now that Kelly is gone. “He’ll be lost without Mom. Just like me,” Ethan says, breaking down. In that moment, David finally sees his son’s grief and loneliness clearly. He hugs Ethan, promises they’ll take Smokey home together, and realizes it’s not too late to show up for his son — not just as a problem to fix, but as a father who truly understands.