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around him again so he decided to be a little more direct. “But what I can’t figure out is how you knew to send them my way and the shelves in my office? No one knew that but me.”
                  Faith was silent as they walked along. She knew he knew but she wasn’t going to admit it right away. “Faith, thank you. But I’d still like to know how and why?”
                  “Why are you thanking me? You think I did something?”
                  “Faith, please answer the question.”
                  “Can’t you just accept it happened and move on?”
                  Nathan helped her sit down at a picnic table in the park. He moved around to the other side and sat down facing her. He sat silently thinking about her question. She had mostly admitted he was right but not how. “I suppose I could but I get to make two conditions.”
                  “Maybe. What is the first one?”
                  He laughed “Someday, I get to know why. Even if it is the last day I am the pastor at this church.”
                  “Planning to leave already? That may be a record for shortest time at one church.”
                  “Stop trying to sidetrack me.” He laughed “do you agree?”
                  “No. What’s your second condition?”
                  “You go out to dinner with me.” he said
                  “No! No No. No to that condition definitely. No to the first condition and no as to how and why. I’ll walk myself home. Goodbye Pastor Lindstrom.”
                  “Faith, wait. I’ll walk you home.” He said taking her hand. Faith didn’t have much choice but to go with him. She couldn’t walk home by herself; she wasn’t exactly sure where she was.
                  Nathan didn’t really know what to say as they walked along. She had made her feelings pretty clear about him. He knew he wouldn’t find out any answers to his questions today. Leah was coming out of her shop as they walked up the drive way. He was shaking his head as he approached her. She looked at the stiff posture of her sister and knew something had gone wrong.
                  “I know you’re there. Stop the silent messages.”
                  “He deserves to know Faith. I do too since I was part of it.”
                  “It just was.” She admitted “That is all I’m telling either of you.”
                  “And if we don’t like that answer?” Leah argued
                  “It’s okay Leah. I’ve upset Faith enough today. Goodbye.” He said handing Faith off to Leah.
                  “Wait, Nathan.” Leah stated “Stop being so stubborn and tell him.”
                  “Just point me towards the house.”
                  “Just walk straight and you will find the back door.”
                  “Thank you.” Faith said leaving them alone. Fortunately she found the door without much fumbling around. She wasn’t sure if Nathan was still there or if he had left, Leah was talking at the same time she tried to listen for his footsteps to be receding. Faith went into the house and moved to sit down at the kitchen table. She was sorry she had overreacted to Nathan’s invitation to dinner but it would be better if she didn’t go with him.
                  Out on the driveway, Leah waited until the door shut behind Faith before turning to Nathan. “What happened?”
                  “It doesn’t really matter. She was behind it. I’ll just wonder why.”
                  “Something else happened? She is upset about more than that.”
                  “She asked me if I could just let the subject go and I said I would on two conditions. One, that someday she would tell me why and