Sheriff Dale Harper is busy fighting meth cooks in his county, investigating an old murder-suicide and a new arson case when he finds a homeless feral child. Milagro Palacios, the new director at the local Christian mission, may prove to be a far greater help in all of this than he ever imagined. As he struggles with his own personal battles, including the shooting death of his wife the year before, he comes to understand that part of the life of service that he loves, is learning to accept both his own choices and those made by others.