Chapter 10

Asma visits the local grocery to buy some food. While she reads the paper she over hears two men in front of her discuss the memorial competition results. They compare it to the 1970 Pakastini suppression of the Bangledesh election.

When Asma gets home, she realizes that her bag of rice has been leaking since leaving the grocery. She returns to the store and explains what happened. The shop owner, Mr. Chowdhury, claims that she is lying and refuses to compensate her. She shows him the trail but Mr. Chowdhury refused to change his mind.

Paul visits Governor Bitman one morning at her request. Bitman is using this event as a political move to win over more Conservative voters. She claims that Paul doesn't "'have a grip on the process.'" Paul realizes that the Governor had called him out of friendship to warn him that she was going to start to target his jury for their decision.

Alyssa sits in apartment trying to draft a new topic for her article. Since she left the Daily News, she had been hired by the New York Post as a Columnist. Her new editor, Chaz, encourages her to "tell what people to think." While brain storming she thinks back to an old flame she had with another reporter named Oscar. Not particularly handsome, the law enforcement reporter and her had a fling that she missed. Back to the column Alyssa types out, "' The problem with Islam is Islam.'"

Mo sees Thomas for the first time at work. Thomas shoves Mo up against a wall, furious at his friend. Then he starts laughing. While still angry, Thomas is still friends with Mo because "the man couldn't hold a grudge." Mo then meets with his boss, Roi. Despite his bitterness, Roi vows to support Mo in his endeavour. Still, Mo feels insecure.

Claire is told by Lanny to check the column by Alyssa Spiers. In it, Spiers says that Claire is "sleeping with the enemy" and that she has a soft spot for Khan. The next morning she starts to disconnect all the landlines so other reporters can't contact her. Sean Gallagher then comes to her house. Claire hides and refuses to answer the door. Sean waits but eventually leaves but not before taking rocks from one of her cairns with him.