Page 98 of Hard Corps (Selected Sinners MC 7)

“Good to see you?” Alicia blurted, attempting to guess what it was he was trying to say.

He shook his head and did his best to glare at her with his grease covered eyes.

“Just let him finish,” I said.

The next letter was learned rather quickly, and surprised me somewhat. In choosing “D”, he had so far spelled God, but I was quite certain we weren’t done yet.

When he chose the letter “W”, I wasn’t sure where he was leading us, but we continued, each of us eager for our own reasons to see just what it was he was determined to say.

After a matter of a few minutes we had all of the pieces to the puzzle.

A chill ran down my spine.

I suppose I was relieved by the answer, but I was also shocked. I wanted to know more, but realized I would just have to wait. For now, I was satisfied that my father’s life would probably be changing in some respects. Or so I hoped.

I placed the pad beside him on the bed and patted him on the shoulder. “I love you, Pop.”

He blinked his eyes, closed them, and fell asleep.

I guessed, at least for the time being, he had said all it was he felt he needed to.

“Let’s go get a cup of coffee while he’s sleeping,” I said.

As Katie and Alicia turned toward the door, chatting as if they were long lost friends, I tore the sheet of paper from the pad and gave it one last look before I folded it and placed it in my pocket.

God was there.