Amish Baby Mystery by Samantha Price

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

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Ettie must’ve closed her eyes because the next thing she knew it was morning, and a shaft of light was shining through the gap in the curtains. She sat up when she noticed Elsa-May in her chair. “Did you hear what happened last night, Elsa-May? Unless I dreamed the whole thing.”

“Nee you didn’t. Jeremiah told me that Lemonis came into our haus and the police took him away. I'm surprised I slept right through the whole thing.”

“Where is Jeremiah?”

“In the kitchen giving Luke his bottle.”

“We’ll have to call the police station and find out if he told them what happened to the poor baby he kidnapped before. I hope he confessed and then maybe the Cohens can finally find some peace.”

“Why don't we phone them after breakfast?”

Ettie agreed, but before they even had a chance to start on breakfast, there was a loud knock on the door.

“That’s Detective Kelly,” Ettie said.

“How do you know that without even looking?”

“I know his knock,” Ettie stood up.

“Just be sure first, and check out the window.”

Ettie peeped out the window and saw Detective Kelly. Instead of the dark crumpled suit he usually wore, he was wearing a white shirt with gray baggy pants and sneakers. He looked like he hadn’t had any sleep. Ettie put her robe on, and then placed her prayer kapp on top of her head, tucking in her two long braids.

“Are you going to open the door in your dressing gown?” Elsa-May asked.

“Why not? It’s morning and besides, it’s warm.” She opened the door and Kelly asked if he could come in.

“Of course.”

Once he was further inside, Jeremiah came out of the kitchen with Luke in his arms.

“I think you’ll all need to have a seat.” Kelly’s brow furrowed deeply.

“What’s wrong?” Elsa-May asked.

Ettie hoped he’d say that nothing was wrong but he remained stony-faced.

“Can I listen, too?” Jeremiah asked, to which the detective gave a nod. “I’ll put the baby in his basket. I won’t be a minute.”

When Jeremiah returned and they were all seated in the living room, Detective Kelly drew in a deep breath.

Elsa-May leaned forward. “What is it, Detective Kelly, you look dreadful.”

“I’m wondering where to start. You obviously found out that we let Victor Lemonis go after hours of questioning. We had nothing to hold him on, so we had no choice but to let him go. We followed him, hoping he’d lead us to someone who might have helped him with the kidnapping all those years ago. At the very least, we hoped that he’d lead us to someone who would be able to help with our inquiries.”

“He came here to get the baby again,” Ettie said. “This time, he wasn’t going to ask, he was just going to take the baby.”

“We let him go and followed him here. We alerted Jeff, the officer who was stationed outside your house. After we arrested Lemonis for breaking and entering, we took him back and locked him up again. We had him on a charge so we could keep him for longer than the maximum twenty-four hours.

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