Chapter 55
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Jacob and Lily loved each other, they wanted to be together. But there was the slight problem of them coming from different religions. They had four options. One was to not be together. If one or both of them was too weak to accept the other they could find others of their own faiths, and live out the rest of their lives with the path of least resistance. The second was for Jacob to take the mark of the beast. His father would disown him for that, still no guarantee her dads would accept him, and he did fear going to Hell. The third option was for Lily to take the mark of Christ. But she still viewed that as serving, begging, living for someone else. She did not want to serve anyone. The final option was for both of them to take neither mark. It wasn't mandatory, and old mrs Rose seemed to be doing okay. Ofcourse either side might cut them off. They coud try and make it work together, but would either famiy accept them? Each admitted that the other side had some good ideas, but Jacob was still a socialist and Lily was still a libertarian. Jacob and Lily wanted to make it work, but neither wanted the other side's mark. They decided that, at least for now, they wouldn't take either mark. The question was, how to explain this decision to their families.
