After leaving the army, Red Decker goes to Hartford, Connecticut, to meet his girlfriend. She wants nothing to do with him and breaks off their relationship, leaving Red to start his life anew alone. Whit his military experience as a bomb technician not useful in civilian life, he does what he knows best: opens a weight loss clinic. Meeting Maria, a five-year-old child, and her mother, Red, raises money for her medical care. Louise lears of this and decides to steal the funds.