Sam Mitchell, a quiet, shy, fourth year medical student, meets and falls in love with Jennifer, a laboratory technician at the local hospital and his instructor in school. His friends and buddy, Jeff, play practical jokes on the two of them that sends her fleeing to a brother in Texas to recover. She is confused and bewildered. Sam traces her. He and his best friend, Jeff, chose to do their residency in a Texas hospital. Sam signs up for a government pay back to finance his schooling and is assigned to the outbacks of New Mexico and Texas. He finds her and her bewilderment ends. Sam encounters an injured agent who is tired of his secretive life and passes on a new responsibility that Sam accepts. That is the life of an a specialized agent for his country. He also has to provide for an unexpected family and protect their identity.