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

Over lunch in a nearby restaurant, Steve said, “Uncle Charles, why didn’t that sheriff just plead guilty and take his punishment like everyone else?”


“That’s hard to narrow down to just one reason, Steve. The office of sheriff is a fairly powerful one in county politics, and he’s been in office for more than twenty years. During that time, he’s become accustomed to using his power as he sees fit, so it’s safe to say that he either doesn’t want to back down or perhaps he doesn’t know how to do so. When this is over, he’ll probably wish he had, because the grand jury investigation uncovered a laundry list of questionable activities from over the past few years, which explains why he’s already been removed from office.”


“So the sheriff is gonna have his dirty laundry flapping in the wind for all the world to see, isn’t he?” Philip said.


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