Part II: Section 52 Summary

Behrani wants only his son. Alvarez enters the room and says he can press charges (again, he says: I want my son). He is offered an escort but instead runs to the hospital. The surgeon enters the waiting room and shakes his hand, too long. He is with Esmail's body, holding his son's head, knowing that it is no longer his son underneath his touch. He now must tell Nadi to prepare him for burial-but how can he tell her he told his son to hold the gun strong until the police arrived, which was the reason he was shot dead?

He thinks Pourat escaped at least living much beyond his son. He will not let the man who killed his son escape. He drives blindly for home. He sees Kathy, and his hands are immediately on...