 Chris later plants trees along the fence between their properties, which leads to a near-violent exchange, as Abel objects to having trees hanging over his property.When Chris goes to a local bar, Abel enters and tells Chris that his own wife died in a traffic accident because she was having an affair with her white male employer, and that he distrusts white men and is prejudiced against interracial relationships because of this.Abel sends his informant, Clarence Darlington (Keith Loneker), to trash the Mattson's home in another effort to force them out.