Robert, 22, finally wants to leave his hometown

His departure shatters the symbiotic three-way relationship between him, his best friend Eddie, 22, and his mother Mara. At a last dinner together, they wistfully reminisce about their time together. But the farewell is more final than they feared: On the way back from Robert's farewell party, Eddie causes a motorcycle accident - Robert is dead!

Mara falls into lethargy after the death of her son. Only when she reads his diary does she feel encouraged to rekindle old friendships. Her attempts to build emotional closeness to others, however, fail again and again. Eddie seems to deliberately avoid her. Plagued by feelings of guilt, he throws himself into work. He plans his daily routine meticulously so as not to have a free second in which he would have to face his feelings. Ironically, this makes him more successful in his professional and private life than before.
Meanwhile, Mara increasingly suspects that Eddie had something to do with the accident. This suspicion is confirmed when she finds a pair of blood-soaked jeans in his apartment. Driven by revenge, she now does everything she can to confront Eddie with his guilt. Unnoticed, she repeatedly disrupts his perfectly timed daily routine, placing mementos of Robert in his apartment - and thus slowly driving him mad.