- It's the mid-eighties and six-year-old Timmy is going to be a big brother. There is nothing he wants more in life than the premiere home video game system. When his mother loses the pregnancy, Timmy offers to give up his video game savings to buy a new baby brother.
- It's the 1980's. Young Timmy dashes between clothing racks fully immersed in his imagination while his mother Lucy tries on clothing in the maternity section of a JCPenney mall outlet. She is twenty-six weeks pregnant. Tom, his dad, makes sure Timmy isn't wreaking too much havoc on the merchandise displays. On their way out, Timmy sees another family purchasing the video game system that he has been coveting. As they leave the mall, he sneaks some of the mall's fountain water-where shoppers cast their coin wishes-into his empty Burger King cup. Back home in his bedroom, Timmy pours the wishing water over his coin jar, converting his life savings into a fortune of wishes. But later that night Timmy hears a loud noise and jumps out of bed, accidentally spilling the contents of his jar. Tracing the commotion to his parents' room, he finds his mom and dad in their bathroom crying. When he approaches to try and console them, his dad quickly flushes the toilet and harshly tells Timmy to go to bed. Shortly before an ambulance pulls up, Grandma arrives to take care of Timmy. Two days later, Tom and Lucy return from the hospital. The family tiptoes around the topic of miscarriage. Grandma takes the first opportunity she can to exit. Grief-stricken, Tom later spends a moment alone in Timmy's room while his son is out playing. When Timmy returns, he tells his father that he spilled his wishing water and fears that his wish for a new video game console won't come true. When Tom tries his best to muster a speech to comfort his son, Timmy comes up with a new idea: to offer his coins to buy a baby brother instead.
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