When Lissa learns of her father's heart attack, she leaves her children with the neighbors and hurries to Chicago to be at his side. A military wife, she understands that with her husband deployed, she must handle the situation alone.

Paul, a Chicago detective, is set to testify in a drug trial and has gone to Wisconsin for his safety. Learning of his Uncle's heart attack, he takes the risk of returning to Chicago to be by his mother's side. Upon his arrival, he is reunited with his cousin Lissa. As close as brother and sister, he is anxious to see her.