Two best friend rookie cops; one graduates to detective and the other becomes the mayor. When the Detective's wife gets kidnapped, in lieu of ransom he has to kill the mayor to save his wife.

Detective Kevin Smith shares a secret with his long-time friend Mayor Bradley Cross. They thought their secret was dead and buried. When Kevin's wife is kidnapped and he learns that the only way to get her back is by assassinating his friend, Kevin wonders if their secret is no longer a secret.