Texas attorney and former Texas Ranger Billy Bob Holland has many secrets in his dark past. Among them is Vernon Smothers son Lucas， a teenaged boy about whom only Vernon and Billy Bob know the truth. Lucas is really Billy Bob s illegitimate son， and when Lucas is arrested for murder， Billy Bob knows that he has no choice but to confront the past and serve as the boy s criminal attorney. During Lucas s trial， Billy Bob realizes that he will have to bring injury upon Lucas as well as himself in order to save his son. And as a result， Billy Bob creates enemies that are far more dangerous than any he had faced as a Texas Ranger.