A man, injured and fleeing gunfire, is found bleeding by another man who takes him to a veterinary clinic for emergency care, incurring a $4,860 bill. The rescuer, Raymond King, offers to pay in installments, but the injured man, Allen Hoff, instead proposes a deal to settle the debt: he asks Raymond to marry him. Raymond is shocked by the sudden and illegal-seeming proposition, leaving the unexpected proposal hanging between them.