Jerry Joe confronts a cruel man who reveals he intercepted letters Jerry sent to his missing older sister, Joanna Landry, and claims possession of Joanna's jade pendant to leverage Jerry for money. The man insists Jerry doesn't know his own wife and daughter, then dismisses him angrily. Later, Jerry’s daughter Sierra is bullied and called fatherless by another child, leading her to defend her dad, a soldier deployed overseas. After a physical altercation, a bystander informs Jerry’s mother that Jerry is being bullied at school, leaving the family to face growing threats and hidden truths.