On the eve of Jamal's presidency, Barry has decided to stay in Abuddin, at least in the short term, and negotiates with Molly about what the rest of their family will do. Leila returns to Jamal, although he questions her true motives. As Jamal enters into his presidency, he makes a proclamation that makes Barry's stay in Abuddin even more uncertain than it was the day before. Beyond that proclamation, Jamal's first order of business, with the help of those in his regime, is to discover who was behind the plot to kill him. They are certain that the man they want is Walid Rashid's nephew, Ihab Rashid, and they do whatever required to locate him and exact their form of justice. Barry comes into some information on the matter that goes against the official "investigation", and has to decide what to do with that information, his decision based partly on what he believes is right and partly on if he feels he can do anything about it since it is not the way things are generally done in Abuddin.
—Huggo