The Masked Saint Page #3

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- Of course, sweetie.

I'll be out in a second.

- OK!

- OK, let's go!

- Oh, wow!

It's beautiful.

- Yeah.

- Let me introduce you to...

Is everything OK?

- Yeah, everything's fine, Tim.

- Perfect, actually.

- Fantastic, then.

Let me introduce

you to Mrs. Beasley,

our choir leader

and finance chairperson.

- Oh, he's younger

than I thought he'd be!

And all bunged up too!

- My wife and I look forward to

working with you, Mrs. Beasley.

- No, only on Wednesdays.

- I'm sorry?

- Why?!

- Sorry, Chris,

Mrs. Beasley doesn't

understand things

so well anymore.

- That, there, is my organ.

- I hope you like

the sound of screeching cats,

'cause that's our choir.

They give a whole new meaning

to "make a joyful

noise to the Lord."

- I'm outta here.

- Meow!

Judd Lumpkin.

You must be the new

pastor the search committee

was so hasty to approve

while I was away on business!

I hope you last

longer than the last two.

I do lighting.

- Uh, pardon me?

- I own Lumpkin Lighting.

Out, just in Tennessee

with a big-name rock band

that rhymes with "The Bones."

Yeah, we gave 'em a great show

for the tour. Pa-pa-pa-pa!!

You want tickets? I can get tickets!

- Uh, I don't think...

- Uh, Judd, Judd, this

is Pastor Chris Samuels

and his wife, Michelle.

- Nice to meet you, Mr. Lumpkin.

- Call me Judd,

unless we're in court!

Saw your daughter

in the parking lot

with that little rat.

Needs to be on a leash.

- Oh, well... well,

she is and...

and Piper's actually

a really well-behaved dog.

- Oh yeah, well... I don't wanna tell you how

to run your church, Mrs. Samuels, no, no, no.

But I will! Haha! I'm the

chairman of the board, here!

And I'm also Westside's

biggest supporter.

- Well, I hope there's

a lot of church supporters.

- Not recently,

if you catch my drift.

- Yeah.

- The leg! How's the leg doing?

I mean, you look pretty fit otherwise.

You think you'd be ready for rec league?

- Rec league...?

- Oh, come on, wh...

God gave us the Bible

and basketball, son,

ya know?! Starts in a couple of

weeks and I need some fresh blood.

Nothin' wrong with the townies, here.

No offense, Tiny Tim. But you,

you look like an athlete, huh!

- Yeah, I just, uh... - Excellent! OK, Tim,

make sure they get to the house

alright. It's beautiful!

One of my investment properties

that I loan to the church.

One of the perks of being me!

Adioso!

- And that was Judd!

- That blowhard gone?

- Here's Westside's books;

Among other things, it shows

how behind we are

on maintenance,

a recent drop in attendance

and our tithes, which

we have very little of.

- We should change that.

- What are you thinking?

- Well, when I was in seminary,

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