There is a light at the end of a short hallway. The Girardis have to squeeze close together to maneuver through it. They finally reach a small sanctuary. Five benches and a simple pastor's podium are the only objects that fill the room. Will and Helen head toward the front of the sanctuary, where a dew people are huddled together.
"I'm glad you came, Joan," The priest states, standing behind Joan.
"Why am I supposed to be here?" Joan asks.
"For the family," God states and heads toward Will and Helen.
Joan sits in the last row, next to Luke. Kevin had positioned himself in the aisle. God walked up to Will and Helen.
"Hello," God stated with a smile from ear to ear.
"I'm Will Girardi, and this is my wife, Helen," Will said, shaking God's hand.
"Hi," Helen smiled.
"Um,… I'm Pastor Smith. Common name, I know," God stated.
"It's nice to meet you," Will and Helen said, almost in unison. Will motions Helen toward the back bench where Joan, Luke, and Kevin were already seated.
Everyone else takes a seat and God/Pastor Smith walks up to the podium to begin the service.
"I'm glad to see all of you this morning, and I'm grateful that Mr. And Mrs. Girardi and their family are joining us," God/Pastor Smith states.
The Girardis are on their way back to the cabin. Kevin is slowing wheeling along. Joan walks beside him. Luke has his arm around his mother who is tearing up, because of God/Pastor Smith's sermon. Will is striding along beside Luke. They reach the cabin. No one has said a word on the way back, because of the moving sermon.
"What do we want for lunch?" Will asks. When he doesn't get a respond he adds, "I'll fix anything you guys want."
"There's a frozen pizza in the freezer," Helen states.
"Is that what we want?" Will asks.
"Sure," Kevin replies.
"Whatever," Joan says.
They walk inside. Will begins to make lunch. Helen goes over to him.
"Thank you for making lunch," she whispers in his ear.
"Happy to do it," he replies and leans forward to kiss her cheek, but Helen has already moved to a place on the couch.
Joan and Luke come and sit beside her. Kevin rolls up beside Joan. Helen turns on the television set and pressed the play button. The movie 'White Christmas' starts to play. A few moments later lunch is ready. Everyone moves to the table. Ty comes out of his room.
"Hey, Go… Ty," Joan states.
"Hello, Joan," he replies.
Ty moves and sits between Helen and Kevin.
"Hope you like frozen pizza," Will states with a vulgar tone, still mad at Ty.
"Will…" Helen complains.
"It's okay. One of my favorite meals," Ty replies with a smile.
They go through lunch without much of a conversation. Helen occasionally complains about Will's tone and manners. Ty and Joan have a short conversation about anchovies. Kevin tells a few jokes. Everyone laughs, except Will and Helen. Luke tries to explain hypothermia to Ty.
After lunch, Helen is upstairs taking a nap. Joan, Kevin, Luke, and Ty are playing a board game. Will is sitting in an easy chair, reading a book. He sets his book down for a moment. The magazine that Helen had been previously reading, caught his eye. He picked it up and turned to a marked page. It was the quiz. He glanced through it, shuddering at some of the answers. He reads the bottom, "It's Both of You."
Helen comes downstairs. Will is about to go and question her about the magazine, when there is a knock on the door.
"Who could that be?" Will asked.
Will walks over to the door and opens it. There, in the doorway, stands a cop. Will doesn't know what to say or ask. "May I help you?" he asks.
"I'm sorry. I'm Detective Peters." the cop states.
"Will Girardi. Is there a problem, Detective?" Will asks.
"May I come in?" Detective Peters asks, not responding to the question. He looks around the room until his eyes glue on Ty Parker. "We've been looking for you for months," Peters states.
"I don't know what your talking about," Ty responds.
"Michael Jones, you're arrested for the murder of Kitty Williams, Meredith Holmes, and Loretta Davies."
"What's going on?" Helen asked Will, as she rushed over to him.
"I don't know," Will responded.
"You mean, you didn't know he was a serial killer?" Peters asked.
"What?" Joan questioned, knowing that Ty or Michael, whatever, was really God.
"It's okay, Joan," Ty/Michael/God stated. "Everything happens for a reason."
"No, we did not know he was a serial killer," Will said. "Otherwise we would've notified the police."
"Um,… Lieutenant. You might want to come and check this out," Peters yelled out the door.
A car door shuts. The Girardis hear the 'clip, clop' of shoes coming up the front walk and up the front stairs. Suddenly, a woman, about five foot-three with curly blonde hair, appears at the door.
"Will Girardi?" Lucy Preston asks.
TBC End Chapter Six… Seven should be coming shortly.