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"Hey, here’s one for you," Dovey said "I saw it on the way over here ‘Lukewar about you and church, Dovey, is you think everything is about hell"

"Hell yeah!"

Dellarobia found it hard to resist the idea of her parents together in soot loved in this one But she had no heart for a system that would punish Dovey and reward the likes of herself, solely on the basis of attendance "I don’t think I believe in hell," she said "It’s kind of going out of style, like spanking kids in school Pastor Ogle never even mentions it"

"Wait a sec, they canceled hell? Man, will my mom be pissed off"

"I’m serious, Dovey Who do you know that’s inspired by the idea of burning flesh? People our age, Ithe comb in her teeth for a two-handed maneuver "Too campy Like some Halloween drive-in movie"

Dellarobia realized this was true, exactly The last generation’s worst fears becarade entertainle is a no-hell preacher," she said "Like that’s some official denomination"

Dovey took the comb out of her teeth and pointed it at the mirror "You knohat? I think Ralph Stanley is one of them Now that you azine"

"Wow" Dellarobia could not quite iossip about their spiritual lives But Dovey was a wellspring of weird facts that turned out to be true

"So you’re saying this fale is like a new-millennium preacher? I pictured him kind of played out Way older" Dovey lifted a strand at Dellarobia’s nape, uess Don’t you reh school? He was part of the football team that went to state"

"Whoa, that was recent history"

"Well, not anyh school I guess he just seems more ahead of us in spirit His parents were old-- when they adopted him"

"He’s adopted?"

"Like Moses A basket case"

Suddenly Cub was at the back door, calling out from the kitchen "Hon, do you knohere ed her eyes at the -d sentence with a preposition"

Dovey crooned, "Do you knohere my truck keys are at, bitch?"