When a new cellmate moves in, Frank meets Tyree Hammond — a man whose presence shifts the energy of the entire unit. What starts with small gifts, kindness, and attention begins to morph into something more dangerous. Through a haze of roaches, radios, and card games, prison politics twist into survival tactics, and survival itself becomes a kind of surrender.

This is the story of how power hides in plain sight, how “protection” turns into possession, and how even the smallest kindness can start to feel like a trap.