Amish Country Threats by Dana R. Lynn

Author:Dana R. Lynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-04-12T12:26:08+00:00

TEN

Levi heard a car pull in and excused himself. Leaving his brothers, he strode from the barn. When he saw Officer Dawson chatting with Lilah, he stretched his legs to quicken his pace until he reached them. They broke off their conversation as he approached and waited for him to join them.

“Levi.” Officer Dawson acknowledged him. “How’s the side?”

“Better. Danke. You have news.” It came out as a statement. Obviously, she had something to tell them or she wouldn’t have come.

A glimmer of humor sparked in her eyes.

“Okay, so let’s get straight to the point.” The humor drained. The shift from chatty to cop was uncanny. “After I left the Hostetler place this afternoon, I took a drive to your property, Lilah.”

She couldn’t very well say haus, Levi thought ironically.

“Jah, we saw a police car in the drive as went past,” Lilah informed her. “I was amazed that the police had arrived so fast.”

“Yeah, well, both your place and the Hostetler property were set up as crime scenes within an hour. We found nothing more at the Hostetlers’—”

“What about the handprint on the railing?” Lilah blurted.

Levi nodded. “We were wondering if that could have been Hannah’s. I figured you must have seen it. Otherwise, I would have told you about it.”

Given the location, there was no way a trained police officer would have missed it. Especially considering that the elderly couple had been attacked.

“I am still looking into who the handprint belongs to. It may have been Hannah’s. Or someone else involved. We do know it didn’t belong to the man we picked up at your place, Lilah.”

“What man?” Levi and Lilah both demanded, their words tumbling over each other. This was the first he’d heard of them arresting anyone at Lilah’s place. Was it the sniper?

“Do either of you recognize this man?” Officer Dawson drew her cell phone from her back pocket, unlocked it and brought up a picture to show them.

Leaning in, he looked at the familiar image, feeling sick to his stomach. Lilah exclaimed beside him.

“Is that Billy?” she asked. “Levi, is that the man we met this morning?”

Officer Dawson answered for him. “That is William Whitman. He’s got a record, misdemeanors mainly. We found him digging around inside your barn, Miss Schwartz. He hasn’t told us what he was looking for. Since he has requested a lawyer, there’s nothing else we can do at the moment. I was hoping one of you could shed some light on why he might have been at your place. Any ideas?”

Levi shook his head, then turned and cocked an eyebrow at Lilah. She looked as confused as he felt. She shook her head and grimaced in response to his unspoken question.

“I only met him for the first time today. He seemed to be a very friendly sort of person, except when he thought we weren’t watching he glared at me. It was a very angry, almost hateful look. I have no idea what could’ve caused that.”

“He had known your brother.” Now, why had he brought that up? “I didn’t mean that the way it sounded,” Levi said.

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