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"Sex? You thought the conflict of interest was about sex?" Sutherlin laughed as if that was theshe’d ever heard "This is the Catholic Church, Ms Kanter And the Catholic Church has been winking at sex for two thousand years It’s the money that hts crashing about inside it

"He gave away it all? Every penny?"

Sutherlin nodded

"He did Stubborn assle priest When he and Marie-Laure got ot access to his ave every penny of that away too He was born to be a priest Money doesn’t interest him That’s the conflict of interest Now if you’ll excuseabout a reporter hurting Søren"

"You call hi out before she could stop it

"Of course I do It’s his name Why do you ask?"

"He said he only told his real name to the people closest to him, to the people he trusted and who knew the real hi have you called him Søren?"

Sutherlin’s face softened as she turned her gaze away fro out her veil to the fallen Christ

After a long silence, Sutherlin looked back at Suzanne

"Since the day weThose five words told Suzanne everything she needed to know Father Stearns and Nora Sutherlin had so deep and unexplainable, soht that Suzanne had begged hi to hied to God or the Church Now she knew henow," Sutherlin said "And you should too"

"I’d like to at least tell hioodbye Or am I not allowed?" Suzanne asked The question held no sarcasm Whatever Nora Sutherlin told her to do, she would do

"I’ll allow it He does like you I don’t, but I’m a little biased"

"I can see that"

Sutherlin raised her chin at Suzanne’s words and someho she’d misspoken Slowly Sutherlin walked toward her, her hips swaying with each step forward She’d never been in the presence of ain her life

"No, you can’t see that," Sutherlin said, co Not me Not him Not us We do not exist, reed her shoulders in confusion