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

“The story goes that Widor retired at the age of eighty-nine because he could no longer climb up the steps to the loft.”


“That’s kind of sad,” Steve said.


“Do you guys know what is meant by the term Renaissance man?” I said.


“Yes, Sir, we do,” Roger said. “Our English teacher talked about it a lot last year.”


“I’m impressed by that recitation, Charles,” Mason said.


“What can I say,” Charles said. “I’ve spent a lot of time studying the lives of my favorite composers, and I’ve been here before.”


We finished our tour of Saint-Sulpice and walked through the nearby Luxembourg Gardens, which were bursting with spring flowers. From there, we strolled along the Seine, across a bridge to the Louvre, and spent the rest of the afternoon marveling at the art on display.


Chapter 105