When choosing between two evils...

title: Empire of Dirt
author: echo
part: 5
rating: 21
summary: A social worker for the dead gets her life uprooted when her surrogate father is murdered.
AN: Was for NaNo 2005. Now I'm just writing it at my own pace. Please excuse any typos. I'll correct them later.
Previous parts can be found here:
http://willowslilsecret.net/obe/eFiction1.1/viewstory.php?sid=1

This is the latest part:
http://www.livejournal.com/community/echosunshine/33496.html