As he and Chandee successfully avenge themselves for the death of Julio Antonio's dog, Kimbo, on the G-2 agents responsible, they accidentally stumble across the wedding of Sandra. Even though they had spoken at length six or seven months previously, Sandra had made no mention of her impending nuptials, so it is a shock to both of them. As they leave Pinar del Rio for Guane, an unexpected violent encounter brings them face to face with another sinister aspect of the communist regime in Cuba human trafficking for sexual slavery. One of the recent abduction victims is his own cousin, and so he and some other relatives conduct a raid and free her along with the other victims. Julio Antonio, no longer having the protection of working with the government, is now subject to mandatory military service like any other Cuban and finds himself drafted. His military unit is assigned the loading of the Soviet cargo ships at the conclusion of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and with his own hands loads th