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“What are you doing?” he asked

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“What for?”

“A miracle A clue Food”

Sahed “What food?”

“A Quiznos Turkey, bacon, and guacamole”

“Yeah? If God gives you a Quiznos, can I have a bite?”

“No way You have to pray for your own food”

“Three hundred kids are praying for food And yet, we have no food Three hundred kids praying for their parents Praying for this all to be over”

“Yeah,” she ad faith”

“If there’s a God, I wonder if he’s sitting in the dark on the end of his bed wondering how heup”

“Maybe,” Astrid said with just a little bit of a laugh

Sa mood “Yeah? Well to hell with your God”

He heard a sharp intake of breath It gratified him Good Let her be shocked Let her be so shocked, she went away and left him to sit here alone in the dark