After suffering a head injury at work, Layne loses most of his memories after a particular event in his life. As he recovers, it is unclear which memories are of real events and which are fabrications of his subconscious. In these fabricated memories he is who he wants others to see him as; his adoration is reciprocated, and the horrible events from his childhood never occurred. Here he never became a father or a husband. The world is open to him. As these fantasies fade, the truth of what occurred over the past 6 years rush back to him, and it becomes clear that he is not the man he wished he would become. He is man unable to face himself.