After his wife is killed in a hit and run, Sal tries to cope with the grief and loneliness of his new, unwanted life. While wrapping up his wife's financial affairs, he turns to Sister Catherine to find a purpose for her life insurance, and she leads him up to a darkened, eleventh floor wing of the hospital where she works and where his beloved Cassie had volunteered.

Sal learns that his wife was part of a secret rescue operation, saving babies who survived abortion attempts. As Sal reluctantly starts to help out, his life begins to take on a new purpose.

All the while, the killer and accomplice go about their lives thinking they have eluded discovery.