Ettie Smith Amish Mysteries Box Set 4 by Samantha Price

Author:Samantha Price [Price, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Elsa-May and Ettie were finishing their breakfast when there was a knock on their door.

“Who could that be?” Elsa-May asked while Snowy yapped and turned about in a circle with excitement.

“Put Snowy out the back and I’ll see who it is.” Ettie stood up and poured the remainder of her hot tea down the sink.

When Ettie opened the door, she saw Molly and Jazeel, and then her gaze fell to the cat carrier in Jazeel’s hands.

“Come in. You can let Tom out because Elsa-May’s just put Snowy in the yard.”

When all the doors were shut, Molly leaned down and opened the basket and Tom sat there. “He’ll move when he’s ready, I guess,” Molly said.

“Jah, leave him be,” Jazeel said, sitting down on one of the wooden chairs opposite the couch.

“I certainly had no intentions of trying to touch him,” Ettie said. “Would either of you like tea or kaffe?”

“Nee denke, Ettie.”

The elderly sisters sat down with them and heard what had happened with Jazeel and why he wasn’t at Uncle Alfie’s house like he’d said he was going to be.

Ettie turned to Elsa-May, "See what happens when you don't wear your glasses?"

"Stop it, Ettie. My glasses are only for knitting and reading. I don't need them for anything else, like catching busses."

Ettie chuckled.

Tom suddenly leaped out of the basket and ran under the couch. Ettie lifted up her feet. “Will he bite me?”

“No. He only bites when you touch him,” Molly said.

Elsa-May and Ettie exchanged glances.

“Molly tells me he’s had a hard life,” Jazeel said.

“Have I told you the story of how I found him?”

“No. Is it a long story?” Ettie asked remembering the last story she’d told them about reuniting with Jazeel at a coffee shop.

“Nee. It’s short. I’ll tell it fast. It was back when I had a car. I was driving home, just two streets from the apartment I had then, and I saw him jump out of a car window and the car kept going.”

“Are you sure he wasn’t pushed?” Elsa-May asked.

“I don’t know, but I stopped the car and found him down an alleyway. He was all battered and bruised. I took him to the vet and they fixed him up. I tried very hard to find the owner—flyers, advertisements in the paper—and I couldn’t find them anywhere. I gave up after a few months and now Tom and I are very well acquainted and I wouldn’t know what to do without him.”

“And what do you think of Tom, Jazeel?” Elsa-May asked.

“If he makes Molly happy, he’s fine with me.”

Good answer, Ettie thought. Good man.

Jazeel said, “I’m grateful to the both of you for helping Molly like you have.”

“We didn’t do much,” Elsa-May said.

“Do you know anyone who’d want to harm Uncle Alfie?” Ettie asked.

“The only person I know is Bruno Gillespie, but last time I heard anything about him, he was in jail.”

“Who’s he?” Elsa-May asked.

“Bruno Gillespie committed quite a few crimes. He went to jail for breaking and entering but he could've gone to jail a lot longer if they could've proven what he had done.

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