Part I: Section 27 Summary

Behrani has paid the lawyer another $150 to confirm what he thought, that it is unlikely that the tax office sent a policeman to threaten him. The lawyer calls the police department; there is no "Officer Gonzalez." Behrani, invited over to discuss the matter further, identifies the photo of Lester as "Officer Gonzalez" (to Lieutenant Alvarez in Internal Affairs). He takes an hour filling out the form describing the incident. Driving back to Corona, he thinks how comfortable he felt amidst the uniformed men in the Hall of Justice, and that perhaps he could look for a job there. He also knows from experience how military men respond to someone who reports on one of them and wonders how to protect himself and his family. He had sold his only weapon (a pistol, the gift of an American defense contractor...