A night of pizza and beer and an undercover cop land Louise in jail. Even though it's her first time in the "e;joint"e;, she finds there are things she can relate to in the cement cage. Long-forgotten nightmares reappear. New "e;friends"e; remind her of old times. In the end, Louise realizes she is like a tortoise, carrying every memory, every part of her "e;self"e; with her, everywhere she goes.This is the second installment of a larger work, The Valiant. In a matter of months, Louise lost her brother, mother and had a new stepmother with five kids. She took to the road to find some meaning in the overwhelming tragedies that seemed to follow her every step.
