Red Army Spies and the Blackrobes Trilogy by Patrick Trese

Author:Patrick Trese [Trese, Patrick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Patrick Trese
Published: 2019-10-29T22:00:00+00:00

C H A P T E R • 11

It was eight o’clock at night in Milford.

“Amazing,” Father Beck told himself as his head sank deeper into his pillows. Here lies John Beck who has been searching for answers, trying to save the world from evil all by himself, and straining against God’s will until his health was broken.

And then the Good Lord in His infinite wisdom and mercy sends a kind and humble novice with a good heart and a tray of milk and cookies to deliver His message: Leave the Russian to Heaven, John. I can handle it. You don’t have to do a thing.

So I can just put my trust in God, Father Beck told himself. I can stop worrying and keep the Seal of Confession unbroken. The longer the impostor plays his part, the better. It is truly amazing!

Father Beck clasped his hands and smiled.

“I love you, God,” Father Beck whispered as he drifted off to sleep. “Sometimes you’re very, very funny.”

Father Beck closed his eyes and slipped out of the cage that the Russian agent had lured him into. The key had been on the inside, plain as day.

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The last bell rang at nine o’clock that Thursday night. Charley Coogan had spent the last fifteen minutes pretending to be doing his Examen. He could think of nothing but the scary view from Tibi Dabo. At the sound of the bell, he rose to his feet to join in the recitation of the De Profundis, a morose Psalm if ever there was one:

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