Hey, Jack," Rick said. And Jack looked up. "Holy God!" Rick said, jumping back. "Man!" "Yeah. Kind of ugly, huh?" "Who hit you?" "I ran into a door," he said. "Nah," Rick said, shaking his head. "That door has a name. And there's only one guy I can think of who could get one like that off on you. What did you do to piss him off?" Jack shook his head and chuckled. "Too smart for your own damn good, aren't you? I had an opinion I should've kept to myself." "Uh-oh. You told him not to get mixed up with Paige, didn't you?" Jack straightened indignantly. "Now, why the hell would you say something like that?" he demanded. "Well, it's pretty obvious how Preach feels about her, and her kid. Where is the big man?" Rick asked, looking around. "He took Paige over to the county courthouse to see a judge. He should be back anytime now." Rick's face split in a huge grin. Then he started to laugh. He plunged his hands in his pockets, rocked back on his heels, shaking his head. Laughing. "What?" Jack demanded. "Aw, Jack," he said. "Did you tell him not to do that?" "No!" Jack insisted. Then he let out a huge sigh. "I'd be dead now if I'd told him not to." He pointed at his face. "I got this for telling him he might want to think about it." "Oh, my Jesus," Rick said. "Preacher-man is all-in. Got a woman." "Yeah, well, I'm not sure he gets that yet, so watch your step." Rick stepped close and gave Jack a shot to the arm with his fist. "Come on. I'm not dumb enough to get between him and a woman." "Yeah?" Jack said. And he thought, am I the only one around here without a brain? *
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