Paul Reed is doing some final campaigning on election day. He is in a dead heat with his opponent, Jonah Burns, for the People`s Party nominee for Governor of Vermont. But more grueling than campaigning against Jonah has been the politics at home. His wife, while a supporter of Paul`s politics, refuses to disclose her personal finances, and while she is not extremely wealthy, her reluctance is casting her, and Paul, in suspicious light. However, they never get a chance to resolve their differences. Paul wins his party`s nomination and while he is giving a radio address to the state, his wife is involved in a fatal car accident. Reeling from this loss, and left with his thirteen year-old step-daughter, Maggie, Paul decides it`s time to return to his family farm, a place he hasn`t set foot in over five years. He hopes to make amends with his mom and brother and give Maggie a place to recover. But the reasons he hasn`t been there in five years become more and more apparent.