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"It’s not just me and Kaye The boys love the idea"

"Race, they’re four years old"

"That’s not what I meant They spend half their time in daycare I see them teeks out of four if I’m lucky Boys like that--they need fresh air, room to roa in the abstract"

"You turned out fine Take it as a co frustration "But ill you do out there? You don’t know anything about horses Even less than I do"

"We’ve thought about that We’re planning on starting a vineyard"

It is a pie-in-the-sky plan if ever he heard one; it has dreamy Kaye written all over it

"We had the land checked out," Race continues, "and it’s close to ideal--dry suht kind of soil I have soht, but in the meantime, Kaye can teach at the township school She already has an offer If we’re careful with "

Gone unspoken, of course, is the underlying criticism: Race wants to be around for his boys, a deep part of their lives, as Logan failed to do for him

"You’re really certain about this?"

"We are, Dad"

A brief silence passes as Logan searches for soht dissuade his only child frorownthere; he has expressed the desire to sacrifice soan do but agree?