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“Not a problem,” Logan said. “Facing imminent death from time to time keeps us on our toes.”
Harrison chuckled. “I’m glad we could help. Oh, we did find Agnes Walker’s body in that basement.”
“I thought that might happen,” Alex said. “Adam’s father taught him well.”
Harrison nodded. “Sad but true. What about your aunt’s house?” he asked her. “Are you going back to Wichita to clean it out?”
“No. I already hired a realtor there. She knows a company that sets up auctions. She’ll oversee selling Willow’s few possessions as well as her house. Most of the furnishings were Nettie’s, though, and her relatives will come for those.”
“All right. And when we’re through with The Book your aunt owned?”
“Destroy it.”
Harrison grunted. “You know we can’t do that. It’s yours. If you want it destroyed, you’ll have to do it yourself.”
Logan leaned toward her and said, “I’ll help set up the bonfire.”
“Me too,” Monty said with a smile. “We’ll roast hot dogs over it.”
Alex smiled. “Sounds good.”
“By the way,” Harrison said, “we found Walker’s copy in the basement. Hidden inside that old furnace. The utilities had been off in that house for years, making it a safe place to stash it. So now we have our own copy of The Book. We want to keep this one. Might help us if we come up against the Circle again.”
He stood. “Keith is waiting at the airport. Let’s get you out of here.”
“I figured we’d be flying commercial,” Logan said.
“I think you all need to get home as soon as possible. You’ve been through a lot. We’ll ignore protocol this time.” Harrison shook hands with each of them.
An hour later they were in the air, heading back to Quantico. Alex sat across from Logan. Monty had taken a seat in the back, and Logan noticed he’d fallen asleep minutes after takeoff.
“So it seems your voice was right,” Logan said.
Alex nodded. “I can’t stop thinking about that.”
“Have you come to any decisions?”
“I still have a lot of questions.”
“You can ask me anything, but I’m not sure I’ll have all the answers.” He sighed. “We’re used to facts. Evidence. But God wants us to come to Him in faith.”
“In other words, I’m supposed to believe in someone I can’t see. What proof is there that He’s really out there? That He cares about us? And what about the evil in the world? How do you explain that?”
Logan laughed and held up his hand like a cop stopping traffic. “Look, I’m not a Bible scholar. These are great questions. Give them to God. Read the Bible for yourself. You’ll find your answers, and they’ll come from Him. That way you’ll know you can trust the responses you get.”
Alex turned and stared out the window.
“If this helps you,” Logan said gently, “God has never let me down. Not once. I trust Him with my life. Even more important, I trust Him with my eternity.”
A voice in her mind warned her that trusting anyone was dangerous. She’d been burned too many times. What if it happened again? But she knew the voice that said Just trust me and Everything will be all right was real. No one would ever convince her it wasn’t now. Her mind fought her, but her heart said something different.
“Okay,” she said, turning to look at Logan. “I’m game. How do I get this God of yours involved in my life?”
Logan smiled. “I thought you’d never ask.”
