After returning from a business trip, Stella decides to review her home’s security footage to check for any unusual activity—partly inspired by a documentary she had recently watched with her boyfriend about house-sitters misusing someone’s home. To her disbelief, she finds her hostile neighbors, the Jacobs, celebrating the Fourth of July in her backyard, using her pool without permission.
Enraged, Stella confronts them, but Mrs. Jacobs brushes it off as harmless fun, claiming Stella barely uses the pool. Determined to stand her ground, Stella prints out security camera stills and posts warning signs around the neighborhood, exposing the Jacobs’ trespassing and sparking community chatter. When confronted, Stella calls the police and shows the footage, prompting the officers to document the incident and give the Jacobs a formal warning.