Two normal people--schoolteachers--are simply trying to make an honest living and raise their children in Roanoke, Virginia when the husband is inadvertently involved in a brutal attack which results in the death of a police officer. His life is changed forever. His response to that attack surprises him and exacts a prize upon him and his family. His wife, as a result of the resulting tension, acts in a manner which contradicts her normal character. She, too, has to hide her actions. Individually, and as a couple, they secretly wonder if a seemingly unaware detective will discover what they have done. The reader may ask the question, "What would I have done."