Part 18 (1/2)
CHAPTER 35.
”Father Chee?”
”Yes, Amber?”
”Why do some people go through life never knowing a single major tragedy, and then others have horrible things happen to them over and over again?”
”I don't know.”
CHAPTER 36.
BITING INTO MY.
YELLOWaGREEN APPLE-LIPS AND FINGERS GET STICKY.
CHAPTER 37.
”Father Chee?”
”Yes, Amber?”
”Do you believe that I was a pretty good person before my mother died?”
”I know it. You still are a good person.”
”So it really doesn't matter if we are good or not-bad things will still happen to us regardless?”
”Yes.”
”Why?”
”I don't know.”
CHAPTER 38.
OUTSIDE MY WINDOW.
SPARROW MAKES A NEST OUT OF.
WHAT I THREW AWAY.
CHAPTER 39.
”Father Chee?”
”Yes, Amber?”
”Why didn't G.o.d turn the other cheek when Adam and Eve ate the apple? Why did He have to punish all of mankind for eating a d.a.m.n apple?”
”It is a metaphor for wanting to know more than what we can handle. G.o.d tried to protect us from the consequences of knowledge, but we failed to listen.”
”Do you think I ate some metaphorical apple? Do you think my mother was killed because I p.i.s.sed G.o.d off somehow? Did I fail to listen or something?”
”No. I do not think this. Not at all.”
”Then why was my mother killed?”
”I don't know.”
CHAPTER 40.
HOW MANY PIECES.
OF BREAD SEPARATE THESE WORDS:.
NEEDY, FINE, WASTEFUL?.
CHAPTER 41.
”Father Chee?”
”Yes, Amber.”
”Why do you keep coming here every day?”