I owe you one more after this, I think, as the chapter for today.

References a character from "Demonology"

Rossi sat in the back pew of Father Jimmy's church, head bowed slightly as he preached about the goodness of man, and tried to remember how to believe. Their last case, a truly despicable one, had piled on top of other memories, crushing his faith in humanity.

He lit a candle made of stout red wax for three little girls whose lives had ended too soon.

"You're thinking again." Rossi turned to see his friend, Jimmy, standing behind him.

"I'm thinking that this whole world's really going to hell," he stated openly, with a forlorn note to his voice.

"You see the worst of humanity. If you didn't think that, I'd have to worry. But look here," the Father said, gesturing to a child placing a wrapped toy in a Toys For Tots donation bin. "There is good in humanity, too. Don't let yourself forget that."

"I'll try," Dave said as he walked away, his faith holding together, albeit with a few ripped seams, for another day.