In the back yard, Delaney is grilling tofu as Kyra dries off from a lap in the swimming pool and Jordan chases a ball. The dog, Osbert, chews a toy. Kyra tells Delaney how she placed a call and ended the line-up of Mexican laborers outside the 7-Eleven in Shoup. Delaney realizes that he is not as bothered by the laborers' loss of rights as he would have been just weeks ago.
Kyra's story reminds Delaney of a men's neighborhood gathering two nights earlier. In his memory of that event, Jack invites Delaney to a party at a house a couple blocks from Delaney's home. The host's name is Dominick Flood, whom Delaney meets for the first time that evening. Flood, one of Jack's legal clients, is under house arrest.....
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