“You have been a very bad boy since I last saw you in January." "Oh, no, Your Honor, I am no longer addicted to my animal passions. Kanye no longer speaks to me from store windows. I listen to a high deity now." Vivian leaned across her desk and eyed the thin, acnescarred, earnest little man from head to toe. He wore voluminous brown trousers and unlaced sneakers, a green overcoat buttoned to his chin, and a tweed cap that was one size to small on his rusty hair. He carried a dog-eared People ma...gazine and an impenetrable shield of righteousness. One of the doors at the back of the courtroom swung open, and she glanced up as Jake eased in. He grinned at her, cut his eyes to make sure no one was looking, and blew her a kiss. Vivian let the corner of her mouth crook up as if she'd caught the kiss. "Brother Gabriel," she said patiently, "I am pleased to see that you are no longer annoying ladies on the street." "Hallelujah." "Amen," she reinforced. "But you cannot trade that habit for street preaching—not when you preach to the passengers of our public transportation system." "But they are spineless, sinful devils," he said somberly.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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