Sleeping for 30 Years, My Brothers Regret

Reporters press about Project Sleeping Star's lack of volunteers. A young woman steps forward, three days shy of eighteen, and insists on participating despite the thirty-year sleep and risk of death. She reveals she was once a Newsome, but the dream ended at sixteen and she has nothing left to miss.

Stella is accused of pushing Luna down the stairs and told the family never should have adopted her. Michael announces Project Sleeping Star is on indefinite hiatus due to lack of participants, and Stella steps forward as the first volunteer to repay the family.

Stella wakes in a hospital ward. Grace brings soup and reveals the doctor considers her condition serious, but Stella begs her to keep it secret so she can repay the family. Luna's parents barge in, accuse Stella of lying for attention, then leave to find their real daughter.

Michael is denied details about the experiment participant. The brothers learn Stella is in the hospital. Xavier is told a corneal donor has been found, but Stella privately asks to donate her own corneas to him and reveals she is the experiment volunteer.

Luna shows Stella the princess slippers the brothers prepared as a birthday surprise, then accuses Stella of stealing and smudging them. Stella is forced to apologize and polish the heels, while Michael scolds her for ruining Luna's surprise. When Stella refuses a replacement pair, Michael calls her ungrateful.

Zeke scolds Stella for ingratitude and takes over disciplining her. Luna claims Stella's bedroom for her health, and Michael directs Stella to a junk-filled guest room with broken lights and cockroaches. Alone in the dark, Stella accepts she is no longer the family's princess.

Luna shows the brothers a scratch on her hand and implies Stella's cat Duncan attacked her. Michael and Zeke decide to put the cat down. Stella searches frantically in the dark and finds Duncan dead. Xavier comforts her, promises to take her away, and reminds her the birthday party is only one day off.

Stella wakes from unconsciousness with her brothers at her bedside, apologizing. They mention tomorrow's plans but only recall the Project Sleeping Star launch, forgetting her birthday. Luna has chest pains and the brothers rush off. At the press conference, the family renames the project after Luna. Stella realizes she is no longer part of the family.

Luna asks the blind Xavier to serve her, then Stella is accused of pushing him when she intervenes. The brothers scold Stella for jealousy while Luna feigns a blood-sugar emergency. In private, Luna threatens to get rid of Stella.

After Luna collapses, the household scrambles for medicine while Luna privately threatens Stella. Luna accuses Stella of trying to kill her, and the brothers and Luna's father all condemn Stella. Luna pretends to forgive her, but a defeated Stella says she will leave. The brothers tell her to go and never come back.

Michael wavers as Stella leaves, but their father insists on a firm hand. Alone at the old clubhouse, Stella finds the colored notes her brothers once wrote, promising to protect her and calling her their princess. She leaves the notes behind with the fading memories.

The brothers and their father realize it is Stella's eighteenth birthday and regret forgetting it, recalling the Newsome tradition of someone always blinking in family photos. Elsewhere, Luna boasts to Blaze that her plan worked, but Blaze warns that Stella is their real biological daughter.

Stella is told she no longer has a family and is ordered never to return. Alone, she recalls being accused of hurting a daughter and called jealous and insolent. She decides to leave, hoping her family will no longer suffer in her darkness and believing she can shine in a new place of darkness.

Michael and Xavier search Stella's room and the attic but find her gone. Grace explains that Stella no longer fears the dark, which unsettles the brothers. Michael recalls Luna accusing Stella of locking her in the wine cellar two years ago, a charge Stella desperately denied while no one believed her.

Michael and the others recall leaving Stella in the cellar for five hours and admit they forgot her. They resolve to find her, but she isn't answering her phone and can't be tracked. Grace is asked where Stella might be.

Michael and his brothers realize Stella is gone and can only hope she returns. They decide to throw her the birthday celebration she deserved, set for three days from now, hoping to see her again. They recall Stella saying she is no longer afraid of the dark, having prepared to be unconscious for thirty years, and that it was the family who needed to grow.

At the hospital, Michael urges John to focus on his eye surgery. He reveals that Stella used to wish on every birthday to donate her corneas to John. John says he would rather stay blind than see through his sister's eyes. After the operation, the doctor says they must wait until John opens his eyes to know if it succeeded.

John's surgery is a success and the family thanks the doctor. The doctor reveals the donor agreed only on the condition of honor and anonymity. John wants to write a letter, and the doctor suggests sending it through the donation center privately.

A doctor visits to ask why Stella missed her follow-up, revealing she has a serious case of hypoglycemia that could lead to shock or death. Her family overhears but dismisses it as another attention-seeking trick and refuses to believe her.

The brothers reel with guilt upon learning Stella suffered in silence for two years and that they forgot her birthday. They admit they were too preoccupied with Luna's heart condition to notice. Xavier insists on going with them, convinced he can spot something the others missed.

Stella comforts Xavier, recalling her promise to find a way for him to see without her. Xavier says her wish came true and suggests writing a wish in braille. The two then head to the clubhouse.

Stella arrives at the clubhouse and finds it filled with star decorations. Xavier explains they wanted to give her a million stars so every wish she makes can come true, just like in the fairy tales. The brothers offer to help hang them, afraid of losing her if she gets hurt.

Stella confides in her brothers inside the clubhouse. She reveals she was abandoned as a baby and grew up believing she would never have a family, so their kindness makes her fear it is all a dream she will wake from. The mood lightens as they play a card game and tease each other.

Stella speaks alone, saying her brothers taught her what love is. Her sole wish is to repay them as best she can, calling it her dream and her purpose.

Grace tries to call Stella's brothers, but Luna stops her. Luna demands to know why Grace keeps Stella's belongings, then tears up the scrapbook, insisting Stella will never return.

Grace confronts Luna over burning Stella's scrapbook, destroying twelve years of memories. She recalls when Stella and her brothers made the album, and Xavier said he didn't need photos to remember her—but now he will never see her face again.

Luna apologizes to Xavier and offers to make a new album without Stella. Xavier angrily refuses, saying Luna will never replace Stella. Michael examines the destroyed album and confirms it cannot be repaired. Grace reveals Stella told her she is never coming back, shocking everyone.

Grace clarifies that Stella only said she would not return, and she does not know where Stella went. Xavier suggests making a new album when Stella comes back and proposes getting a new pumpkin cat as promised, so they have something to care for until her return.

Xavier reviews footage his father organized and sees Luna threatening Stella. Luna warns Stella not to join the family trip or she will hurt Xavier. Stella is forced to agree to stay home.

Xavier watches more footage and sees Luna harm Pumpkin. He realizes she is not just untrustworthy but a monster. Michael suggests putting the matter to rest, but Xavier is convinced Luna killed Pumpkin and swears to kill her in return.

Luna wears Stella's couture dress and gloats that it looks better on her, mocking that Stella will never know she is the Newsomes' real biological daughter. Xavier suddenly appears, ordering her to take it off or he will rip it off and throw her into the streets.

Zeke and Michael tell their mother that Luna has brutalized Stella for years and murdered her cat Duncan. Luna denies everything and insults her brothers. Zeke then brings up the necklace Luna claimed Stella stole two years ago, exposing another lie.

Michael presses Stella about the necklace, but she insists she never took it. Zeke reveals their father's surveillance footage, which shows that every bad act over the past two years was committed by Luna. Luna breaks down, screaming that she is the real daughter.

Michael and Zeke stand in Stella's room, full of regret for falling for Luna's tricks. They pledge to fight every day to bring Stella back and make sure she knows how much they love her, even if she never forgives them.

The Newsome family holds an elegant 18th birthday celebration for Stella, who has been missing for three months. Her brothers address the cameras, begging her to come home and sharing how much they miss her.

The Newsome brothers celebrate Stella's belated birthday by unwrapping her presents, including custom slippers, the renamed Project Sleeping Stella, bulletproof SUVs, jewelry, and coastal villas. A visitor arrives with something for her, leaving the household stunned.

Xavier asks Michael to read his thank-you letter to the anonymous cornea donor. The letter is addressed to Stella Newsome, and Michael confirms the envelope is not a mistake, leaving everyone stunned.

Xavier breaks down and refuses to open his eyes, saying every glimpse reminds him of what Stella cannot see. He insists he will not let her guide him forever and tries to move on his own.

Xavier presses Grace for any detail about Stella's disappearance, but Grace insists she made a promise and stays silent. Luna loses patience and threatens to kill her.

Xavier begs Grace to help find Stella. Grace relents and hints that the secret is hidden where Stella keeps all her secrets. They search immediately but find nothing there, then turn to check a hole.

The brothers find Stella's death certificate dated before she went missing. Grace refuses to explain, saying it is two years too late and that Stella already made her choice, but she offers to show them.

Grace plays a video Stella left behind. In it, Stella says goodbye to her parents and brothers, thanking them for taking her from the orphanage and giving her twelve happy years. She says she is not their real daughter, wishes them well with their real daughter, and announces she is leaving.

The brothers learn of Stella's death and turn on Luna, saying she should have died instead. Their father urges restraint, reminding them they have already lost one sister today and should not lose another.

Zeke clashes with the family over Stella's death while a doctor reveals Luna has a serious heart condition and urges the whole family to get tested. The brothers question the diagnosis since no one has a history of heart disease, but Sam mentions Luna's blood type is B while both parents are type A, casting doubt on her origins.

The brothers confront Luna with her blood work, pointing out that both parents are type A while she is type B, and bring up her killing the cat and lying about Stella. Michael threatens to call the police, and Luna finally admits she is not their real sister.

Luna confesses she stole the DNA reports from the orphanage and that the real Stella is still there. She mocks the brothers for flaunting their money and turns the blame back on them, claiming they killed Stella.

Luna mocks each Newsome brother for abandoning their real sister over a DNA report, singling out Michael as the worst. Zeke orders the guards to remove her, and as she struggles, she insists she is a Newsome, but no one believes her.

Grace resigns, leaving behind the gifts Stella made for her brothers. As the men look through the items, they recall Stella's love and care and admit they never deserved her. They vow to find her if there is any chance she is still alive.

Three months after the Newsome daughter's disappearance, the world has given up hope. Despite warnings, Stella insists on being the first volunteer for the Sleep Project named after her, knowing it means thirty years of unconsciousness.

Michael brings his brothers to the sleep project lab, where Xavier demands to know why they are there. Michael announces the project is a success but refuses to name the participant. Under pressure, Xavier suspects their little sister is the one inside.

Xavier demands the doctor reveal the sleeper's identity, but the doctor refuses, citing confidentiality. Michael and Xavier threaten to shut down the entire lab and cost everyone their jobs. The doctor still won't yield, and the brothers grow certain the person inside is the one they lost.

The doctor warns that opening the pod will kill the sleeper. Michael and Xavier, overcome with guilt, recall their sister's insistence on joining the project. Told they can only see her in thirty years, the brothers vow to restore her eyesight and promise their love will never die.

The Sleeping Stella project concludes, and the doctor says she can go home, warning of risks and an adjustment period. Zeke and the brothers greet her as she wakes, but Stella looks at them blankly and asks who they are.