Ettie Smith Amish Mysteries Box Set 1 by Samantha Price

Author:Samantha Price [Price, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-22T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“Ettie, I’m so glad you’re here.”

“Did you call the lawyer?”

Mildred nodded. “Jah, he said he’d go straight to the police station.”

“That’s good of him.” Ettie looked Mildred up and down. “You don’t look as poorly as you sounded on the phone.”

“I prayed and left things up to Gott. I know Jacob’s innocent no matter what the police say. They’ll find that out soon enough.”

“That’s the way,” Ettie said, thinking she should’ve stayed with Elsa-May.

“The lawyer said Jacob would probably get bail, so if he does he’ll be out in the morning just as soon as he can go before a judge.”

“Very good.”

“Ettie, you don’t look well.”

Ettie put her fingertips to her face only to feel that her cheeks were burning. “I’ve been busy over the last couple of days.”

Mildred looped her arm through Ettie’s. “Come sit down and have a cup of tea. Would you stay for dinner?”

“I’d love to stay, denke.” Ettie hadn’t given any thought to dinner and with Elsa-May in the hospital, she most likely would’ve only eaten fruit when she got home.

After an early dinner, Mildred insisted on driving Ettie home rather than her getting a taxi. After Mildred hitched the horse and buggy, she said, “Why don’t you just stay the night? Elsa-May’s in the hospital and I’ll be alone too.”

“All right. I will.” Ettie gave a little laugh. “Now we’ve hitched the buggy for nothing.” Ettie patted the fine chestnut gelding on his neck. The horse turned his head and Ettie rubbed his soft nose. “You’re a beauty,” Ettie said to the horse.

“It doesn’t hurt for me to practice hitching the buggy. If anything happens to Jacob I’ll be on my own. I’ve never been on my own. I went straight from my mudder and vadder’s haus to Nehemiah’s.”

“Don’t talk like that. We have to stay steadfast in trusting Gott.”

Mildred nodded. “I’m trying, but sometimes I let the worry overtake me.”

“Let’s put the horse back in the paddock. Then you and I can sleep.”

That night, Ettie stayed up much longer than usual while listening to Mildred tell stories of when she and Nehemiah were courting. Ettie felt a little sad for her. It didn’t seem like there had been any real courtship; it wasn’t a romantic time for Mildred. It sounded to Ettie like Nehemiah hadn’t gotten over Mary’s death. It seemed more a marriage of convenience for Nehemiah, but Mildred obviously hadn’t seen things like that, or if she had she wasn’t admitting it. Nehemiah had needed someone to look after his children while he worked the farm and Mildred was glad to finally be someone’s wife and have an instant family.

“Camille couldn’t have remembered Mary very well. Why do you think that she never truly accepted you as her mudder?”

Mildred heaved a deep sigh. “I don’t know where I went wrong with her, what I could’ve done differently. Nehemiah stopped talking about Mary so the kinner could adjust better to me. I didn’t want them to forget her or anything. I

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