Walls Within Walls

Bruce Smithfork is a game maker who creates video games out of his basement until the day a stock investor plays one of his games, the PeeWee. The game becomes an instant sensation; Bruce puts half of his company, LeCube, on the stock market, and the family becomes millionaires almost overnight. Bruce now has an office in Manhattan and employees to test his products, leading the family to move from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Three of the Smithfork children—Brid, CJ, and Patrick—sit in their room, playing with a ball to knock over their moving boxes rather than unpacking them. The contest leads to a wrestling match, which ends with the children dislodging a metal grille from the wall and revealing a mural underneath it.

Brid tries to touch the giant eye on the mural and screams. Patrick flees the room, and CJ checks Brid’s hand for injuries. The two siblings in the room check behind their wall and find that the eye is part of a much larger painting that extends beyond their apartment and onto the walls behind others. Their nanny, Maricel, checks on them and leaves their baby sister, Carron, with them when they confirm nothing’s wrong. Patrick returns, and CJ and Brid swear him to secrecy while they investigate.