A Worthy Sacrifice "Fuck you and your fucking God damned religion", the man, now fully through the gaping front door, screamed. Behind the anger, barely noticeable, he stifled a sob. He grabbed the door handle and, transferring his rage, slammed the door. The warm yellow light from inside evaporated. Howls from worried neighborhood dogs rose instantly, disrupting the deep summer night stillness. The young man, long black hair tattered from sweat, turned to the street, took two steps across the sidewalk, but stopped suddenly. He turned, bent over and, now standing with rock in hand, looked up at the lit second floor window. "All of the time I wasted on you. Six years," the man shouted up at the light. He was now fully sobbing. "Jeanine, never again. You will never see me again." He paused,
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