An account of where the book and bell were sent to might have become dangerous.’ ‘I am having trouble accepting the church would burn an entire li...rary to destroy a few of its own records. Libraries are nothing today, but in these years they were important and serious undertakings, a labor spanning decades of collecting and organizing. Say what you want about the church, but it preserved knowledge when the rest of Europe was chaos. But still what you say is true. We know nothing. All we have. ”“I thought you might be seeing as your father still hasn’t made an attempt to talk to you.”“I kinda knew it was gonna happen, but I guess I still wasn’t ready for it.”“Is that mom?” Rita jumped in. “Let me see, I need to talk to her real quick.”I handed her the phone and went back to my soggy cereal, which by now had started to disintegrate into the milk. I got up and poured it out while Rita talked to mom about some woman thing that I tried my hardest to tune out. While she was still down. "Excuse me young lady, but I'd like to look into your backpack" Old ManJenkins who ran the newsstand stood behind Angie and made his demand.Renee, who was standing there waiting for her looked on with shock. Angieundid the flap on her backpack, and then in a flash, she tossed herbackpack to Renee, the magazine at the old man and yelled "Run for it"Renee dashed off and Angie broke from Old Man Jenkins grasp. Try as hemight to catch them he couldnt keep up as the young girls ran down thesidewalk. "Did you tell her?" asked Sheila."Fuck no, she is pretty strait-laced, isn't she? If I had told her what we get up to now and what sparked it she would probably go apeshit." I don't know, she and Colin might want to join us?" said Sheila."I wouldn't think so, I reckon she would be disgusted." I think I might contact her and see if they want to join us one night. The worst that can happen is that they disown us and we hardly ever see them anyway," said Sheila."Well if you are asking them then.