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“Well, I’m curious as to what Calista thinks,” Jury remarked, and that almost had me laughing.
“Who?Me?”she squawked as she pointed to herself.
Jury nodded.“I’m interested in whether or not you feel as if you deserve a pure relationship with God.I’m interested in whether you wish to become one of His chosen ones.”
“Aren’t His chosen ones already chosen?”I asked, dying to hear more of his nonsense.
“You can still earn your position with Him,” he answered easily, like a man that knew what to say at all times.
“I guess you can,” I muttered, ready to go the fuck home.
Chapter 9
Calista~
It was taking everything in me not to tell Myer that I told him so, and it was taking even more out of me to sit here and listen to this utter gibberish.How in the hell was wearing loose-fitting clothing a prerequisite to becoming closer with God?
“Sorry, but I’m with Myer on this one,” I said.“I like bacon and tacos way too much to make that kind of sacrifice.”
“What you joke about is really doubt in disguise,” Jury replied, and he really did have the ooze of a used-car salesman.“You’re afraid of failing The Lord, and so you choose to not even try.”
I narrowed my eyes at him a bit.“But isn’t that the truth of us all?I mean, doesn’t The Bible state that we are all born of sin, so we’re never really pure to begin with?”
“That is up for interpretation,” he skirted.
“Isn’t the entire Bible up for interpretation?”I countered.“I mean, it’s said that you can read it a million times and still come away from it with a new meaning.”
“I think that you might benefit more from a one-on-one session with our group,” he said, and I could feel Myer immediately straighten in his seat.“Distractions often cover the truth.”
“No, I’m good,” I told him.“I believe that people will find their way when they’re ready, not when their forced.”
“Oh, no,” Louise rushed out.“Everyone in this room is here because theywantto be.”
“I was speaking in the general sense, Louise,” I told her.“Plus, I find that I’m okay with the current relationship that I have with God.”
“Which is a shame,” Jury remarked, and I almost kissed Myer when he spoke up next.
