They spent the rest of the day discussing plans for the shelter and meeting a lot of people in their community. That included the reverend replacing Anderson.
Reverend Mark Gill was pleasant and made it clear to Jacob that hatred would not be tolerated in his church. He informed them that Ava Anderson had stepped down from the women’s group—after being ousted and putting up a fight—and he’d already met with his parishioners and told them he expected kindness and acceptance from all.
Jacob appreciated his words and hoped the congregation would follow suit, but only time would tell.
Just as the last guest left and Jacob wanted to collapse, Mike showed up at the door, still in uniform. The boys had just settled in the living room to play video games, so Jacob invited Mike upstairs to the o
