Two sisters, close in age, find themselves with a similar dilemma. Paula, the oldest, is content with her bookkeeping job she was able to find locally. Sitting at her desk, she is day-dreaming of her date this evening with her boyfriend Joel. A phone call interrupts her little world of fantasy. It sends her scurrying to the ladies room. She has herself a good cry and then takes a few minutes to compose herself before returning to her work on her desk. A short time later a second phone call sends her scurrying out of the building to her car in the parking lot. Her beloved Joel was gunned down in a store holdup. Now Paula is left to cope with the first phone call all alone. Her decision for fixing the problem proved to be devastating. Carla a few years later is faced with a similar dilemma. Only now the rules have changed. She has a choice between two solutions. Both can impact her future with great impact. She has only a few hours to ponder both. Paula's proved to be tragic. She will go the other route. She did believe she made the wise choice. Twenty years passed when fate steps in. the repercussions are rippling like waves in the ocean.