Jimmy Rizzotte’s life is shaped by a single childhood moment in a kitchen where violence and silence became inseparable. Passed through relatives, institutions, the streets, and detention centers, Jimmy learns to survive by shutting down and disappearing. Trauma follows him into adulthood, echoing in routine sounds and quiet rooms. Years later, standing alone in his own kitchen, Jimmy confronts the memory that never left him—and discovers that remembering no longer has to mean being owned by it.