Midwestern values get put to the test when a local gift store owning couple find out that they are being routinely robbed, but cannot catch the thief. Exhausted by efforts to find a culprit, Ruth Timble starts to question her own sanity, while her skeptical husband Lloyd threatens to call the doctors on her. As the truth emerges 26 years later, Ruth and Lloyd rediscover what is ultimately important to hold on to.