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chocolate complexion had sat expressionless since they had begun. His wide, dark eyes seemed to rarely
blink. He merely sat forward, his chin resting on his fist, listening. Judd couldn't tell if he was interested or
not, but something had brought him there.

Bruce asked Lionel if he knew any of the others. "No, but my sister Clarice knew Vicki here. They rode
the school bus together."

"How do you feel about all this?" Bruce said.

"Oh," Lionel said, "this is nothing new to me. I know exactly what happened. You're right, we all missed
it. The real Christians have gone to heaven, and we've all been left behind."

Ryan leaped from his seat and ran out, shouting through his sobs, "It's not fair! It's not fair! This is crazy!
Why would God do this?"

Judd, Bruce, Vicki, and Lionel watched him go. "Aren't you going to stop him?" Judd asked Bruce.

Bruce shook his head. "He'll be back. Where else does he have to go?"

Lionel, who seemed to Judd to have been shaken by Ryan's quick exit, finished his own story of having
grown up in a Christian family and gone to church all his life, only to never have made a true decision
himself to become a follower of Christ. "I don't know how the rest of you feel, but I can't say I'm
surprised or that I didn't get exactly what I deserved. I don't know if I believe there's really still a sec-ond
chance, but if there is, I want it."
 "Believe me, there is a second chance," Bruce said, "and I think it's something you'll want to take
advantage of right away, don't you?"

"You better believe I already prayed the prayer," Lionel said. "If that's what you mean. I told God I was
sorry, begged his for-giveness, and asked him to save me once and for all. You're saying it's not too
late?"

"That's what I'm saying. Welcome to the family."

"To tell you the truth, sir," Lionel said,

"I'd rather be in heaven with my own fam-ily right now."

"You and me both," Bruce said.

Judd was stunned at how much he and Lionel had in common, though they had never even seen each
other before. Lionel, like Judd, also had a younger brother and sis-ter. And Judd and Lionel had been
raised in the church by Christian families.

Now it was Vicki's turn. "Well," she began with a quavery voice, "I guess I should have known better
too."

Judd noticed how young and scared she sounded for someone who said she was four-teen years old. Of
course, he felt very young and scared himself just then, but she looked like a tough girl. Whatever edge
there had been to her seemed to have been stolen away when her mother, father, and little sister had
been raptured. She told her story about grow-ing up in the trailer park about the weekend beer brawls