Chapters 12-13 Summary

The night before, Cecil, a man from the local church, comes to Ruby and Jack's house. Cecil likes to preach the Bible to anyone who will listen. Jack often makes a game out of proving Cecil wrong. Jack's father was a devote Christian. Jack did not agree with his father's beliefs and finds people like Cecil to be hypocritical. This time Jack invites Cecil in, and Ruby knows Jack is going to tease Cecil as he has so many times before. Ruby listens from the kitchen and finds the whole thing amusing as Cecil quotes out of the Bible and Jack pretends to be enjoying the sermon, until Jack turns the table on Cecil and pretends he thinks Cecil is talking about a fictional novel rather than the Bible. Cecil then tells Jack that if Ruby wants her soul to be...