This prequel to Who Says How She Died? challenges Lance and Willow Carroll to provide comfort to the Thompson family in their crushing grief over losing their 19 year old son/brother to a senseless beating. The tragedy compounds as they learn his beating came at the hands of young men acting out their hatred of gays. Lance Carroll begins his ministry in the Texas Hill Country where he meets and marries Nurse Willow. That's the good news. He quickly discovers a total lack of preparation for the dual impact of murder and allegations of homosexuality.