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

“Is that okay with your parents?” Philip said.


“Certainly,” Mason said. “It won’t hurt the boys to see the justice system at work.”


Angela added her agreement, so I said, “Okay, then. We’ll come back tomorrow.”


“So will we,” Angela said. “I’d like to see this thing through.”


Which is why we were once again in the Expedition the next morning and on our way to Lawrenceville. I’d arranged to be met by one of Angus’ people as we had the previous day, and we were seated in the same back row of spectators when the trial resumed. The defense attorney focused on producing character witnesses, most of whom appeared to be members of the sheriff’s cult. Then the sheriff was called to the stand and sworn in.


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