Simone says desperately. “Jeremiah is in the riding stable again preaching about demons.” “I know.” “Don’t tell me I know all calm like that,” she yells. “He has most of the Stick People on his side now, along with Isaac’s people as well.” I stand up and pull Simone into an embrace she tries to struggle away from at first. “There’s nothing I can do to stop him now, except walk in there, and kill him. You know what would happen to us and the kids if I did that. Those people aren’t just his friends. They are obsessed followers.” “Go out there and talk to them,” she says forcefully while pulling away. “Tell them—” “Tell them what, Simone? Tell them what they already know but don’t want to accept?” I say back in frustration over the whole situation. “Every one of those people knows what Erde did in creating this mess.
