Thirty some years ago, in the back woods somewhere in NC... a young Rob Spencer is given a ghastly task...his mother gives birth to a stillborn child... The Doctor tells him to bury the bundle ...so Rob does... Present day... Despite his nightmares, Rob is moving up in the world he is moving into a house in Concord's historic district with the hopes to fix it up.... He works for the Mayors office as the assistant city manager and after buying a ring, he is getting the courage up to ask his girlfriend Amy to marry him. On the same day he moves into his house and Rob's life seems to be ready to soar... a murder happens across town. Rob's nightmares seem to come alive when he receives a box and his childhood memories flood his thoughts... His world begins to unravel and he feels paralyzed. Soon all fingers seem to point to ROB as the killer. The murder in Concord, brings ex-FBI agent Ethan McNichol out of retirement and he picks up the case he had worked on for years prior to retiring...