M.E. Loree

While making an out-of-town delivery, Albert and Charles meet and travel with the Cooper family. A accident occurs en route with the parents, and in the blink of an eye, their two young children are orphans. Unable to place them with any family members, and not in a position to adopt them himself, Charles is forced to hand them over to the state...until a spontaneous decision changes everything.

Against her better judgment, Officer Bates allows a drug-addicted prostitute to shoot up before hauling her in, but when the prostitute overdoses and nearly dies, Bates is subject to condescension and derision from her fellow officers.