Sally and Jeff are living their day peacefully, deeply in love after fifty years of marriage and basking in their preparedness to live comfortably in the North Carolina winter. Jeff mentions their sons, that "They were always big city boys." Sally mentions that she wishes that Chad and Daniel were there with them, and that she hopes they're getting enough to eat. They notice their turkeys are startled, and soon see the reason; two men have entered their yard. The two men let themselves in, both the old couple and the two men behaving cordially, although tension is thick as the guests are truly there to rob them. The two men, Cooter and Boyd are clearly less well off, and it is clear that Jeff believes their condition in life is of their own doing. Their lack of fire wood is for lack of working to get it, their lack of well water is for a lack of planning. The two men seem to believe that the couple are high class, and that the high class steal from the low class, while Jeff has worked for all of the possessions that the two men covet. The two men ask if they are here alone, and the couple mentions their two sons, even though Jeff mentally admits that they both died in Afghanistan. Eventually, the tension rises to the point that being cordial goes out the window. The two men demand that they be given firewood, and a few other of the couple's belongings. Sally had locked herself in the back room, but as she hears her husband pushed to the ground, she rushes out with the pistol hidden in their room, ready to shoot. A while later, Chad and Daniel appear at the door, asking for Boyd, telling Sally and Jeff that they saw his car a little ways away but no sign of him. Sally and Jeff say they don't know anything, and feed Chad and Daniel, kindly letting them warm up by their fire, and then sending them off with gifts and chocolate pie. As they watch them leave, Sally says again that she worries that Chad and Daniel don't get enough to eat.