Part II: Section 40 Summary

Nadi urges Behrani to invite Lester to eat with them. Behrani does, but Lester declines, sitting at the kitchen counter watching them instead. He asks, "What happened?" Behrani explains that he saw Kathy's car in the driveway and didn't know how long she'd been there, that he saw that she was weeping and holding the gun to her heart (thought later, when he checked, he found the safety still engaged, no bullet in the chamber). He had taken the gun and then helped her into the house. Esmail interjects that that's exactly what happened, that his father would not lie. Behrani carefully notes that Kathy could not walk or speak well.

Part II: Section 40 Analysis

Lester begins by interrogating his prisoners, asking those who saved the life of the woman he loved what they knew about what had happened...