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1--DEFIANCE
court in session.
not from cold but from the penetrating stare of those eyes.
into mine.
I stared right back at him. “I did not sir,” I shifted
from one tired leg to the other. I waited for their pre-
“You mean you were part of the team that cleared the
High priest in, stuff the blood into his monkey mouth and
fist. He would love nothing better than hit the stupid boy
impunity.
“Sir, how could you say such a thing about me? You
us.”
cleared my throat.
I could not remember his name kicked the empty keg of palm
perfectly.
my merry face.
“Will you put that stupid book down!” the High Priest
fowl and prepared it, but the fowl belongs to Ovia. You
that I would buy one as a fine, the elders grabbed the next
the law of God and the teachings of the bible. You elders
not sleep, he too will not know peace. Elders, let us go.
Their threat did not move me. The gods did not scare
Christ.”
born again.
order.
of his wealth while a few took side with the High priest.
When I did not die after three days, I became the talk
prayer.
great anointing.
with horns surrounded her. They bowed down and parted way
her. She screamed I should stop cutting her legs with razor
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