“Fuck him.” Susan said later when they’d returned home and the kids had at least pretended they believed Grandpa didn’t hate them now.
“What?” Mike said,”What are you talking about? You never talk like that.”
“You heard me, fuck him and fuck anyone that agrees with him. This isn’t God punishing sinners, its a disease. And since we can’t cure ourselves, I’ve decided we’re going to embrace it.” she said with fire in her eyes,”We’re going to be the epitome of demons. If we’re going to be damned we might as well be damned for being good demons.”
“Honey, are you feeling alright? This is the virus talking, isnt it? You’re just angry now. I say we find a church that will accept us and just keep living as normally as we can.” he said.
“Oh I’ve been thinking a lot about church....” she said with a wicked smile.