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“Can I tell you something?” Piper asked Nick as the two sat on a couch in their living room.
“Of course.”
“I saw a demon today. It looked like a dark spirit and it was targeting Bob.”
“Really? You don’t see one around me, do you?”
Piper chuckled. “No, of course not. The people I see them over are nonbelievers. When Chase was a nonbeliever, I saw them over him. It’s scary, Nick, because it makes me think that something bad is going to happen to Bob. Remember when I told you about the demon that came out of the closet in my bedroom and tried to suffocate me?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, that same day my roommate Madison was diagnosed with brain cancer. The same day. She died a year later. I’ve often wondered about what would have happened to me had I not won that battle. Maybe I would have died and she would still be alive.”
“I don’t know about that.”
“Do you believe me?”
“Piper, I don’t doubt you at all.” Nick shook his head in affirmation. “You have a gift. And we’re going to use that gift to help Bob.”
“Can’t tell him about the demons, though. He won’t take us seriously.”
“No, we won’t do that. But we can talk to him about God.”
Fortunately, she and Nick were invited to Bob’s house a couple of weeks later. She hoped to find the opportunity while there.
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