Yes or No

Over 35 years ago, Daniel bought his high school grilfriend Penny a pregnanacy test. He gave her a note asking her to circle Yes or No to tell him the results. She circled Yes, then disappearned from his life.

"Life never gives you shit without taking someting in payment."

Now, after a hard life that has left him confined to an assisted living center and battling COPD, a woman named Alicia claims she is the daughter Daniel thought Penny had aborted when she left him.

"Life never gives you shit without taking someting in payment."

As they await the DNA test results to determine whether or not Daniel and Alicia are related, old truths are explosed and new bonds are formed. But always, Daniel remembers the promise of his abusive father ...

"Life never gives you shit without taking someting in payment."

Steven E. Wedel lives with his dogs, Bear and Sweet Pea, and his cat, Cleo. A lifelong Oklahoman, he grew up in Enid and now lives in Midwest City, with numerous addresses in between. He is the author of over 35 books under his name and two pseudonyms, but still has to rely on his day job of teaching high school English to keep himself and his furry dependents eating in air-conditioned comfort. Steven has four grown children and three grandsons. Be sure to visit him online and sign up for his newsletter.