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In the seemingly serene gated community, African-American couple WILLIAM HOOSEBALL and his pregnant wife MAGGIE ROSE, along with their six-year-old son JORDAN, seek a fresh start. Will befriends CLIFF, a blind neighbor who cryptically speaks of fate and the inevitability of life’s tragic events. Meanwhile, their son Jordan bonds with ALEX, the son of STEVE and VANESSA, their other neighbors. Vanessa, harbors a simmering resentment toward Will’s family, her grief over the tragic loss of her daughter EMMA festering into animosity, fueled by a manipulative neighbor. Vanessa accuses Will of wrongdoing, causing a community uproar. Will, exhausted by the relentless hostility, reveals his own tragic loss: a daughter taken by violence, mirroring Vanessa’s pain. Steve begins to empathize, but Vanessa’s hatred only deepens. Meanwhile, Jordan and Alex’s friendship faces tension at school, where a prejudiced TEACHER uses their ID tags to move Jordan behind. Alex secretly swap tags with Jordan to seat him in front, setting off a chain of unintended consequences. Jordan’s toy race car and Alex’s toy firetruck become their favorite possessions. During a Christmas shopping trip, a mix-up at the store leaves Will with a firetruck meant for Alex and Vanessa with a race car intended for Jordan. Just as tensions reaches a boiling point, a catastrophic fire erupts at the school, claiming the lives of both Jordan and Alex. In the aftermath of the fire, Cliff is arrested, portrayed as a deranged zealot obsessed with fate and astrology. Steve compels the manipulative neighbor to confess, prompting Vanessa to realize how deeply she was misled. She seeks forgiveness, grappling with her own guilt. Maggie gives birth to a baby girl, and in a shocking act of compassion, she and Will offer their newborn to Vanessa and Steve, a barren couple who have now lost their only son. But the tragedy is far from over. The bodies of the boys are misidentified due to the swapped ID tags, a chilling secret that the MAYOR urges the hospital to keep buried. As the families struggle to heal, the haunting sight of mismatched toys atop the wrong graves: a firetruck for Jordan and a race car for Alex, underscores the lasting impact of fate, faith, buried truths and unresolved trauma.