Would-be gangland assassin Art is given a test by his boss, Barbossa -- a test that will prove fatal should Art fail. Assigned to kill an out-of-favor Barbossa henchman named Moran, Art bungles the job. Surprisingly, Moran doesn't kill Art, but instead arranges a deal whereby Art will knock off Barbossa for a tidy fee. Figuring that neither he nor Moran owe Barbossa a thing, Art accepts...and then....

Unknown to his wife, Courtney Masterson has a latenight encounter with his girlfriend at lover's lane. There they are attacked by a robber named Rudy. Courtney manages to overpower his attacker and locks him in the trunk. Fearing blackmail, he kills Rudy after taking his girlfriend home. He tells the police that he acted in self-defense. Later, however, he learns that his wife hired a detective to follow him to lover's lane. The detective (knowing everything) decides to blackmail Courtney.