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

“Uncle Philip, what do we do for money?” Steve said.


“I’m glad you asked,” I said. “Your debit cards from the credit union will work just fine over there, and the best and cheapest way to get foreign currency is from an ATM machine while you’re over there, provided your bank doesn’t hit you with huge fees, and the credit union doesn’t. That being said, we’re going to get a small amount of currency to carry with us.”


“One of the major banks downtown can obtain it for us,” I said, “or I can order it from a large bank in New York and it will be sent to us in a FedEx overnight envelope.”


Chapter 99