Times And Seasons
“The first day, he’d hidden the Bible under a stack of papers, and no one had noticed. The second day, Lazzo had seen it.
“Man, what you doin’ with that Bible?” he’d whispered. “You let ole Beef see you with that, you’ll be an open target.”
“I’m not scared of Beef,” Mark lied.
Lazzo gave him a long look, and Mark could have sworn there was admiration in his eyes. It gave him the courage to uncover the Bible. Even when Beef, the gang leader who could have been a bouncer or linebacker, headed his way, Mark kept reading.
“Man, you trying to impress the guards?” he asked. “They don’t believe it when nobody gets religion. Been done.”
Mark looked up at him. “I’ll take my chances.”
“Well, let me know if it works. I might get me one.”
Mark didn’t say anything, just went back to reading. When Beef ambled away, Mark looked up and saw Lazzo grinning at him as if he’d just performed some heroic feat.
Mark went to bed feeling better about himself that night.
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