The arroyo

Isaac is tired to the bones. He keeps his head down and looks after his family. It's Trace's last sweep; he's about to serve out his term of slavery, and then . . . what? A life alone, with his books and music? He's seen too much of human nature to think that's a possibility. Trace and Isaac both know Happy Ever After doesn't grow in the parched desert. Maybe together they can change that.