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What’s with the God thing? JJ wondered as she made her leisurely way through the woods back to her house from next door.
She was thankful the girls weren’t traumatized by the morning’s diner drama and subsequent interaction with the law, but it seemed strange to her that Evie would voluntarily go to a religious function this evening. Lately her daughter had been going with the Nicholsons to Rachel’s Baptist children’s group. They were rehearsing some kind of skit in Rachel’s room right now.
It’s not that JJ had anything against religion, but it was one of those things that had never clicked for her. Growing up, it seemed to JJ that her mother had all the talk about Christian values, while her father—who’d never set foot in a church if he could help it—had all of the practice, the act
