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

“Roger,” Mason said, “what did you guys think of Paris?”


“Yeah,” Steve said, “and we want to come back someday and see more of it.”


“That’s good,” Charles said. “What you got this trip was a quick once-over of the high spots. When you decide to come back, plan on spending several half days in the Louvre.”


“Yeah,” Roger said, “the paintings did kind of blur after a while. You can only take in so much at a time.”


I took a nap shortly after that and woke up just in time to hear the announcement that we were entering the Chunnel. That’s nice, I thought as I drifted off to sleep again.


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