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Though it was autumn in Homa, Louisiana, it was still scorching hot outside.

In 2005, a band of men labored to build a collection of homes in the expanding suburbia.

After an afternoon of roofing, one of the new hires, a tall young man, steps away to take a smoke break.

As he sits under the shade of a cypress tree, he sees someone walking toward him.

The stranger is a short squat middle-aged man.

He's here to read the electricity meter.

While he works, the two strike up a friendly conversation.

The laborer chats without paying too much attention. The man before him is so unremarkable and meek, he hardly makes an impression.

Then, without warning, the stranger steers the conversation toward drugs and money.

At those words, the construction worker gets more interested.

He's always eager to make some extra cash. The stranger claims to have plenty.

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