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her
hand and, in a calming tone, said, “Hi Louise. My name is Jack. I need to ask
you a few questions, okay?”
    Her eyes widened. She
looked straight at him and responded in a low whisper. “He’s coming. That’s
what it said. He’s coming.”
    Jack leaned a little
closer and asked, “Who is coming Louise?”
    Her eyes widened and
her voice trembled. “The spirit of Babylon. He’s coming.”
    She continued staring
at him, not blinking, not moving a muscle.
    Jack knew full well
what Louise meant. The spirit of Babylon was a Biblical reference meaning a
spirit of rebellion. It’s the one Jack had been writing about. This spirit had
a long, ugly history starting with the rebellion in Heaven when Lucifer
gathered a third of the angels in an attempt to overthrow God, but was defeated
and banished from heaven eternities ago. Jack knew those ancient scripts by heart.
    Isaiah 14:12-13 reads,
“How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have
been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in
your heart, I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like
the Most High."
    And Ezekiel 20:14 says, “ You
were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy
mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in your
ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you.”
    Jack had heard all he
needed to hear. He knew what he was up against. No more questions were needed.
    Jack’s heart was
breaking to see this young girl so distraught. He leaned in, took her hand and
said in a low gentle voice, “Louise, I am going to pray for you. Okay?”
    She didn’t say a word,
her eyes still steadfastly fixed on him. Jack could now feel her squeezing his
hand tighter and tighter, and could see and feel the desperation in her eyes.
This wasn’t what Jack was known for, but nobody really knew how Jack solved all
of the difficult and mysterious cases he was assigned to, except his old buddy
Frank. Only he knew about Jack’s secret weapon. If anyone else found out about
it, he would be labeled as a religious freak and lose all of the awesome
opportunities the government sent his way.
    Jack looked up towards
heaven and simply said, “Father, in the name of Jesus, your son, I release this
child from the bondage of evil and fear.”
    Suddenly, Louise sat
up. She looked around the room and then back at Jack. With tears welling up in
her eyes, she grabbed onto his arm and cried, “Thank you! Oh my God! Thank
you!”
    Jack quickly said,
“Thank God - not me.”
    At that, the hospital
room door flew open and in came Mr. Crowder with his wife right behind him.
    Mrs. Crowder ran to
Louise. “What happened? Are you alright? I knew we shouldn’t have left her
alone!”
    “Mom, Dad, I’m
alright,” Louise said, tears streaming down her face.
    “I’m not sure what
happened. This man prayed for me and now I feel so much better. It’s like a
door opened up and I walked out into the sunlight. ”
    Upon hearing this, Mrs.
Crowder turned around to say something to the mysterious man who had given her
daughter back to her, but he was gone.
    Jack got out of the
elevator on the ground floor and headed for the parking lot. He wasn’t into
hanging around. After all, he figured God did the work so how could he take any
credit. Besides, he didn’t want that kind of thing to get around just yet. He
had to keep his secret agent status. He was on a mission and nothing was going
to get in his way. Not the seen or the unseen.
     

CHAPTER THREE
     
    CJ’s Street Café was a
great place to get a quick bite and a strong cup of coffee. Frank Lederman
loved CJ’s because he could get out of the office, sit outside, and get some
fresh air while observing the people hustling by. It was a beautiful spring day
with a light breeze and warm sunshine, the kind of day that induces a heavy
dose of Spring Fever.
    Frank enjoyed reading
people