Synopsis

The day of his sixteenth birthday dawned with a promise of celebration, a crispness in the air that hinted at something special. A check for two hundred dollars awaited him from his parents, a sum that sparked an immediate debate with his brother, Cody. The question of how to spend it ignited a familiar friction between them, a longing for a life unburdened by shared possessions and compromises. In the heat of their argument, a wistful wish escaped both their lips: to be the only child, to have