Chapter 20 - Fire
Wednesday Evening, September 23rd
Morelville Christian Church
“I’ll pay back every cent, so help me!” Doris visibly shuddered as she looked at the faces around the table all peering back at her. “I’m so sorry,” she finished, her lower lip trembling.
It was silent for several long seconds then Aiden Quinn began to speak. “That’s quite a bit to process and we as a group, I think, need to talk about the next steps we need to take but...”
The scream of sirens pierced the night as trucks from the volunteer department just down the road from the church raced by outside. The President waited for calm and then tried again.
“We need to talk about what’s going to happen with you,” he looked at Doris, “and about the money and so forth but we also need to talk about several oth
