Charles and Philip Barnett have settled down to raise their children, but their domesticity is disrupted when Philip's nephew Steve is delivered to their doorstep early one morning after being beaten senseless by his homophobic father.<br><br>So the family grows, but of course, that's the easy part. A rabidly fundamentalist sheriff and a gay-bashing incident leave Steve and his new boyfriend in legal hot water and at the mercy of the deputies' harassment, and Charles must once again take up the fight for justice for his loved ones.

Triumph

“Steve,” I said, “you guys never got a chance to have dinner, did you?”


“Not a problem. I’ll call ahead and have Mrs. Goodman go into high gear. There’ll be plenty of food at the house when you get there.”


Tom and Larry followed Philip and me back to the car. “Want to drive us home, babe?” I said to Philip.


Tom and Larry got in the backseat. Once I was settled in the passenger seat, I called Gran and brought her up to date, and I told her that we were bringing six hungry teenagers with us. She said that she’d take care of the preparations.


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