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Marty Dillard, an
overachieving Secret Service agent, is at odds with Monica, assigned
as an agent to protect a Presidential candidate. While off duty, Marty
enjoys fishing and befriends Ulysses Dodd, an older gentleman who
teaches her to enjoy the sport for its own sake rather than for sheer
competitiveness. Baffled by a series of death threats to Senator
Hammond, Marty begrudgingly accepts help from Monica and Andrew, who's
posing as a forensics specialist. Working together, they manage to
apprehend the would-be assassin and save the senator's life. However,
the assailant's wayward bullet strikes Ulysses, whom Marty had invited
to the campaign rally. She visits him in the hospital and begins to
suspect his diabetes may be more serious than he let on. Hammond,
impressed with Marty's savvy, asks her to head up his presidential
detail. Yet she doesn't feel like celebrating when she returns to the
riverbank and finds that Ulysses is still in the hospital. There Tess,
the attending nurse, tells Marty the trauma of the bullet wound has
caused one of Ulysses' kidneys to shut down. If he doesn't have a
transplant soon, he will die. Commenting on the situation, Tess tells
Monica it's ironic that so many people are willing to sacrifice their
lives for Senator Hammond but only one can save Ulysses. The next day
Marty learns she is a viable donor to save her friend but would no
longer qualify to be a field agent. Torn, she asks his advice. Ulysses
encourages her to accept the position and be thankful for the time
together God gave them. Later that night, despite another campaign
victory for Hammond, Marty is still preoccupied with her ailing
friend. Revealing herself to the secret service agent, Monica tells
her all humans are created in God's image, and they are all the same
in His eyes. Furthermore, His love is given freely and need not be
earned. Realizing she has spent her life always trying to prove
herself, Marty anonymously donates her kidney to Ulysses. She rejects
Hammond's offer to find another position for her on his detail,
telling him she's not sure what's next for her--except that she plans
to go fishing.
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