Winter of Faith Collection by Rachel Stoltzfus

Author:Rachel Stoltzfus
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Global Grafx Press
Published: 2016-02-18T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Several days later, a unit from the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Department drove into Philadelphia and located Lance Newman’s apartment complex. Using the information Joseph Beiler had given them, they climbed the stairs to Lance’s apartment and knocked on the door.

“Yes – whoa! Hey, I had nothing to do with that robbery,” Lance said, telling a bad joke. The fear in his eyes gave him away.

“Mr. Lance Newman?” one deputy asked.

“Yeah, that’s me. What’s up?” asked Lance.

“We received a complaint several days ago from a man in Ephrata. He tells us that you’ve been trying to spend time with his daughter and that she and her parents want you to leave her alone.”

“Yeah, what of it? I thought she was pretty. Besides, I haven’t gone back in . . . phht . . . several days,” Lance said as his eyes narrowed.

“Good. Keep it that way. Because they’ve complained, that’s considered to be potential harassment. She’s told you that she doesn’t want your attention or gifts. Respect that. If you don’t, and we find out you’ve gone back, we can arrest you for stalking and harassment,” the sheriff’s deputy said with a warning tone.

Lance had been about to make a sarcastic remark, but at the words, “arrest, stalking and harassment,” he shut his mouth.

No way can I withstand another mark on my record. If the university gets wind of this – if I get arrested, then I’ll be fired. But I want her so much! And I know she wants me. She’s just so restricted. I’m sure she’s being forced to marry that Amish dude. Isn’t that what they do, arranged marriages? Of course they do. They treat her like a prisoner, but when she’s mine, I’ll treat her like a princess. A queen. My queen.

For a moment, he lost himself in the fantasy. Miriam, in his tiny apartment, smiling sweetly at him from beside the stove.

She wants me and I want her. I’ll just have to be more careful next time so that we can be together. Forever.

“Officers, you won’t have any problems from me. No way can I be arrested. All I wanted to do was express my interest in the young lady and see if she returned that interest. Now that I know she doesn’t . . . well, sure, I’m disappointed. But, oh well! You win some, you lose some. I promise you – I won’t go back,” Lance said with his widest smile crinkling his face and his hands raised, palms out.

“Okay, then, just as long as you’re aware that the family’s not happy and neither is the ‘young lady’ in question. Stay away from Ephrata! Period. Got that?” asked the bulkier officer with a frown on his face.

“In spades and crystal-clear, sir.” Lance shrugged. “I’ll just nurse my broken heart heart here at home and move on. What else can I do?”

“Thank you. As long as you understand,” the smaller officer said.

Lance stood in the doorway, watching the officers as they walked down the hall.

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