Amish Barn Murders by Samantha Price

Author:Samantha Price [Price, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Samantha Price

Chapter 14

After the taxi had pulled up in at an industrial area, the three ladies got out and looked around.

"Are you sure that this is the right address?" Ettie asked.

"Look over there."

The three of them looked to where Ava was pointing. There was a colorful sign that read, ‘Spreed Roofing.’

"I guess this must be the place,” Ettie said hurrying over to the tall wire fence behind the sign.

They walked through the gates in a high double fence that enclosed many sheds. In the distance, they saw a couple of men carrying large sheets of metal. They walked into the first building and were pleased to find a lady behind a desk. She was an elderly lady with silver-streaked dark hair pulled back into a bun.

"Can I help you, ladies?"

Elsa-May spoke, "We’re looking for William Spreed."

"I'm sorry, but Mr. Spreed died well over a year ago. Can anyone else help you?

Ava spoke up. "We thought William Spreed was the owner of this place. We must've had the wrong information."

"He used to be the owner, but now the owner is Roy Strongberg. He's out at the moment, but I can have him call you.”

Ettie was stunned. She didn’t know what to think about Roy being the new owner. She stood there with her mouth open and was glad that Ava was able to speak.

“Perhaps we’ll call back later," Ava said.

"Are you sure someone else can't help you? Did you want a quote on something?"

"We’ll call back. Thank you." Elsa-May was the first to walk out the door.

They hurried out of the gates before they even spoke to one another.

"Did you know that, Ava?"

"Do you mean did I know Roy had a roofing business?" She shook her head. "Nee, I knew nothing of the kind. I didn't know what he did. This is a huge surprise and it means that Roy and his brother were in competition to one another."

"Were the brothers enemies or friends?" Ettie searched her memory banks for clues. “They were in direct business competition as you said, Ava.”

"Well, from the way Roy told it, they were friendly. And nothing’s ever been said to the contrary. They went to the market together on the day Thomas died.”

"Nee. It's just not possible. What are we thinking? Roy wouldn't have killed his brother just because they were in the same line of work," Ettie said.

"All the same, Ettie, it’s odd that no one knows Roy owns this business," Elsa-May added.

"He probably left the name as Spreed Roofing because he wanted to keep the customer base that William Spreed had. Otherwise, people might think he only did Amish houses," Ava suggested.

Ettie nodded. “Let's go up to the main road and see if we can get a taxi from there."

"Did you hear anything at the funeral about a falling out between the brothers, Ava?"

"Nee, not at all.”

Ettie said, “At the beginning of the funeral, Roy did seem kind of odd. Remember he ran out of the room and then we followed him and asked him questions, Elsa-May?"

"Jah, I remember.

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