Part II: Section 38 Summary

Behrani, too, has a single wish, to step between Lester's gun and his wife and son (although he knows he cannot do this without stepping over Kathy's body, which he knows the deputy will not allow). Lester points the gun at Nadi, who stops screaming, clutching Esmail, who, too, is silent. Kathy moans for Lester to stop. Lester orders the three into the bathroom. He demands to know what they had done to Kathy. Esmail says she took a bottle of his mother's sleeping pills. As the three move Kathy to Nadi's room, Behrani recognizes Lester's love for Kathy but, as he and his family are Lester's prisoners, he worries about what else he is capable of doing. Lester calls Kathy's name and touches her hair: she weeps and closes her eyes. Behrani is ready to step forward and...