Dave Leary is shot and killed in a barroom brawl that evolves into a shooting. The shooter is young Tyrone Mitchum, a local hothead and youngest son of the richest cattle rancher in the district. Fleeing the scene, Tyrone and his brother, Chris, make haste and head home. Elizabeth, pregnant on her last and wife of the fallen Dave, decides to take revenge on her husband's death. She confronts Tyrone at his father's ranch after Lee Van Cleef, the town Marshall, pays the Mitchum's a visit. In her vengeful demeanor, Elizabeth goes into labor, thus giving Tyrone time to escape. Some time later, Lee Van Cleef manages to run Tyrone down in Laredo, Texas, hoping to take him back to Spring Valley to stand trial for the murder on Dave Leary. The Sheriff of Laredo though, won't allow Van Kleef to arrest Tyrone. Twenty-three years later, after the death of Elizabeth, Zachary decides to pursue his father's killer. He sets out on a journey into Texas, his only mission being to find Tyrone Mitchum. Finding what he set out to do, Tyrone realizes that nothing in life is as it seems, as the love that he finds and the truth which is revealed, coincide with each other. He sees the truth for what it is, and accepts it as such.