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"There's a God, I know because...," Susan started, but stopped as if she just remembered that she wasn't allowed to talk about it.

"Because why?" Sol prodded.

"Just because. If there weren't a God, Sabastian wouldn't have adopted me and you wouldn't be here."

"What do you mean, I wouldn't be here?"

"We're all part of his plan."

"His plan for what?"

"Only God knows that."

"Even Mary and Claudia?" Sol asked.

"Yes. We're all part of it."

Sol was confused. Everything Susan was saying sounded like it dovetailed into what John Paul said. But Susan didn't know John Paul or what he said. This wasn't the first time she had said strange things, either. It was as if she had some sort of powers, but what they were he couldn't tell.

Was Susan reading his mind and playing with him? Was she unaware of the fact that she was reading minds and incorporating other people's thoughts into her own fantasies? Or was she really here on a mission from God?

"Do you know what I'm supposed to do for God?" Sol asked.

"No, silly," Susan giggled. "Only you know that."

"Then how am I supposed to know what to do?"

"God will tell you if you listen right."

"Listen right?" Sol asked.

"Yeah."

"What does that mean?"

"God made everything. So it's all in his plan, right."

"O.K."

"Well, he'll let you know what to do cause your in his plan."

"But you know what we are. How can God include our kind in his plan."

"If you're here he must have."

"What if we aren't in God's plan. What if we are in the Devil's plan?"

"The Devil's plan is God's plan."

"But the Devil and God are opposites. How could they have the same plan?" Sol asked.

"Why don't you try asking God," Susan said.

"Ask God?" Sol chuckled. "Just call him up and ask him what his plan is and what part I'm supposed to play."

"Yeah."

"Does God talk to you when you pray?" Sol asked, as they pulled into the parking space next to Mary and Sabastian.

"He always does, just in his own way and time," Susan answered as she jumped out of the car.


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