“It's a great pleasure to meet you, Reverend,” he said.
“Please call me Cas,” said Reverend Abbott. “Most everybody knows I'm a reverend.”
Jonah's eyes bulged. “With all due respect, sir,” he said seriously, “if my grandmother knew that I was referring to a reverend by a nickname, she'd turn in her grave. You're just going to have to be Reverend to me. I apologize.”
Reverend Abbott smiled and shrugged. “That's completely fine,” he said.
Jonah couldn't help it; his guard lowered more and more with each passing second. He could tell Terrence's was as well.
“Now please tell me,” said Reverend Abbott, “Why did you need to use the secret tunnels?”
“Well, before we get into details, sir,” said Jonah, hand back in his pocket, “it might be better if you read this first.”
He extended Jonatha
