"Who are you to speak to me like that!"
"I am the director of this fledgling community, if you must ask."
"Says who?"
"How many guesses would you like?"
Now we are both silent, as though both absorbing the impact of my last statement, because to this moment, I have never imagined myself as director or leader of anything.
"You're right", she says suddenly. "how could I have not seen it? Especially the way you handled everything today. only God's anointed leader could have acted with such wisdom and integrity."
"I didn't even know it", say I. "Only now."
"Hey Chris", calls Carl from the living room. "We need your help stringing up the piñata..."
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