Two weeks after Philip d'Autremont is acquitted of his wife's murder, it's time for him and his partner and lawyer, Charles Barnett, to start building their life together. But it turns out that not everyone in Atlanta is as ready to leave the trial in the past as Charles and Philip, and a surprise attack leaves Charles in the hospital and Philip's arm in a sling.<br><br>With thoughts of their own mortality fresh in their minds, Charles and Philip make a decision that will change their lives forever. Future plans and home renovations take their minds off the attacks, but the danger isn't over yet: the people behind the attacks are still at large, and they weren't acting alone.

Tribulation

When he had done so, I pushed play on the video recorder.


He watched the tape and made copious notes in his little notebook. When it was finished, he asked to watch it again, and he made some more notes. Finally, he said, “How did you come by this?”


“Are we still in the confessional?”


“As we told the officers, Philip knocked the guy out and we tied him up with our belts. However, instead of calling 911 right away, I made another call, and the person that I called made one or two calls. Two guys eventually showed up and carried him away for a couple of hours. When they brought him back, they put him right back where he’d originally fallen. I don’t know who they were, and I don’t want to know. I was assured that it would take a magnifying glass to find any evidence of an injection and that by the time the police had him in custody, all traces of the drug would have disappeared from his bloodstream.”


Chapter 74