In Batesville, Mississippi at Calvary Baptist Church, Kirby and Ruby are getting married. Their love story began in the fourth grade. Twelve years later their life as one begins. Two years later, their son, Bud, is born. Within a few hours they are told that he is born blind. Their commitment to giving him the best life possible will not wavier. At age fifteen Bud's father dies in an accident. Bud decides to go to the School for the Blind to prepare for life on his own. Returning home, he begins to have flashes of sight. Thrust into a situation that could endanger his life a decision must be made to reveal what he saw knowing it could devastate the town he calls home. To take a life, or save a life. Would revenge be his choice?