Cindy's mother is critically ill, and the money for her life-saving surgery is gone after Yale refuses to help and tears up a check. Facing the deadline, Cindy desperately pleads with the hospital director for more time. The director offers a solution: the hospital has a subsidy policy, and Cindy's family qualifies. All she needs is the signature of the hospital's chairman. The revelation comes as Cindy learns the chairman is Yale Bacon, the very man who just rejected her plea, leaving her chance to save her mother hinging on an unlikely approval.