The Gill family: Garner, Michaela (Mike), and their children: Ross 16, and Alexis 10, have recently moved to Brockton, a small Vermont town. Garner and Mike thought the move over carefully, and decided small-town life was what they wanted. Garner is the Chief of Police in Brockton, and Mike teaches an English Honors Class for seniors at the area high school. It's the late '90's, and many Vermont folks still don't bother to lock their doors. Teenager Ross, and his buddies Jason and Richie, spend their free time riding around in Jason's Jeep, looking for something interesting and exciting to do. They've come up with something unusual - and illegal. The Gill's haven't been in Brockton for two years yet, when bad things begin to happen. A terrible accident, and then a murder. One Saturday, when the Gill family has dental appointments, Jason and Richie take off - without Ross. Their trip comes to disastrous consequences.