Jack had gone to visit his brother in Paris. The two of them had been separated for nearly five years. Phil translated for a French corporation that did business in the defense industry, and Jack had his own private investigator business. It was booming, but he needed to get away and out of Chicago for a while.

Jack went back downstairs and stopped outside on the sidewalk to get out his cell phone. He dialed his friend back in Chicago, who did data mining for him. In Chicago, it was the start of the workday. Malcom would be just settling into his overstuffed office chair and switching on all his monitors.

Jenney looked at the photos. Her face turned pale, and she said, “Yes. Those are the two. It was definitely them.”

This is a story about a husband-and-wife private investigation agency based in Chicago, Illinois. It metaphorically compares the base characteristics of a human trafficker and dirty cops with what used to grow wild in the river basin that became known as Chicago.

The story leads Jack and Jenney Bronson into a flash mob scene that turns into a diamond heist in downtown Chicago. Dealing with the influence of city youths by a trafficker named the Spaniard, Jack and Jenney must turn the evil situation around without harming the youths.

They must enlist the help of cadets at the police academy to prevent dirty cops from getting wind of their work. The same dirty cops framed Jack years before when he was in the police force. Can Jack overcome his past? Can the two of them successfully trap a notorious weapons dealer and human trafficker? Will they be able to punish the bad without hurting the innocent? Can they make a difference?

When Jack finally closed the case of the flash mobs, he had set his agency up for greater success. He and Jenney, his partner and wife, became known to many regional law enforcement agencies and individuals of high social and political standing.

As such, his anonymity and surveillance capabilities became compromised. People recognized him on sight, and he refused to allow his partner and new babies to be subjected to the same treatment.

To keep the agency, they were faced with a choice. Either they subcontract their cases to other agencies in the region or subcontract themselves in other regions.

As Jack and Jenney figure out what kind of people are on the list of names, they decide that they want to do the same surveillance on the client. It turns out that the names are all connected via the Aztlan Society, and the client is trying to derail the society’s political aims.

Jack dispatches the contractual obligations they have to the client, but the duo decides to warn the Aztlan Society of what kind of opponent they are up against. Just like they did in Houston, when they set up the first group of the Aztlan Society, they volunteered to create a system of names and aliases to report voter fraud in Chicagoland. As time goes by, the Aztlan Society picks up political steam and makes major inroads on their opponent. The society becomes the major grass roots political party in the country with its immigrant base and powerful strength of integrity.

As Jack becomes a target for physical retaliations, he struggles with the idea of running for office. The story ends with a final near deadly attack on their home. As they try to put their lives back in perspective, Jack realizes he can no longer protect his family. He makes the decision to throw his name in the ring for the presidency.