 Lee Reston is a widow whose police officer son Greg dies in a car accident. Greg s friend and fellow officer Chris Lallek tries to help the Reston family in Greg s absence. Soon, he and Lee grow close and fall in love. But Lee is fifteen years older than Chris, something that upsets most of her family, including her college-aged daughter. When Chris proposes marriage, Lee must decide whether to risk alienating her family in order to be with the man she loves.