Sledding Away with Murder (Sweetfern Harbor Mystery Book 21) by Wendy Meadows

Author:Wendy Meadows [Meadows, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Majestic Owl Publishing LLC
Published: 2020-12-09T16:00:00+00:00

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Jillian and Wanda sat in the enclosed veranda off the dining area. Joanna and Ethan joined them.

“I’ll have to go on a diet once I’m back home,” Jillian said. “The food around here is hard to resist.” The others agreed with her.

Wanda wanted to discuss the matter of murder. “I think they arrested Miranda and Harry for the murder, don’t you?” She didn’t wait for an answer. “Why would they lock them up for more questioning? Is that even legal?”

“I don’t know how the law works in such matters,” Ethan said, “but I presume Mac knows what he is doing.”

“Do you think Harry or Miranda could have done it?” Wanda was persistent.

“Didn’t you notice how they looked at one another at every gathering?” Jillian said. “They are in love. That’s enough reason to get rid of Travis.”

“But murder? Surely, Miranda would ask for a divorce before killing the guy to get rid of him,” Wanda said.

Joanna and Ethan began to fidget. Finally, Joanna stated she was tired. “All that reading I did, and the big dinner, is putting me to sleep.” Ethan said he would join her. They told Jillian and Wanda goodnight. They knew the conversation about Travis’s untimely death would go on with or without them.

Ethan slipped the card into the lock and stepped back to let his wife go into their room first. He closed the door and turned the lock. Ethan worried about Joanna. She didn’t eat as much as she pretended to in front of Wanda and Jillian. She paled every time the subject of the crime came up. He put his arm around her shoulders. Ethan pulled her down on the bed and they sat there in silence.

“What are we going to do, Ethan?”

“I’ll figure out what to do. Get a good night’s sleep, Joanna. Everything will be better in the morning.”

When he heard his wife’s even breathing two hours later, he walked to the window and looked out. How could such a peaceful place mar their own inner peace? In the Amish community, members were not allowed to comment or offer clues to crimes committed in the outside world even when those crimes may have been done against their own people. But this was different, he thought. He and Joanna now belonged to that outside world. Did they have obligations to get involved? He thought they did. He heard footsteps in the hallway and soft voices. Then the door next to theirs closed, telling him that Jillian was in for the night. Across the hall, another one closed. The inn grew quiet.

Ethan lifted one of the windows a few inches. The soothing sounds of the ocean helped him relax before he closed the window again and got into bed next to Joanna.

The next morning, guests trickled down to the dining room. Several were at the buffet loading up plates with omelets, scrambled eggs, sweet rolls, or toast and all the trimmings.

“This salt air has given me an unending appetite,” a guest told Chef Pierre.

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