Marquise nods. “Well. You can do that.” Except, he means, we can’t. “But you’re conducting interviews on the church’s ground.” It’s a parking lot. But I stay silent. “So that’s different,” concludes Marquise. He says if we were talking about “today’s game,” it would be one thing. But he senses we’re talking about God. And on this land, that topic belongs to Pastor Hank and his shepherds, with their rods and their staffs. He smiles. “There’s a proper way to do things.”
