Simple Deceit by Nancy Mehl

Author:Nancy Mehl [Mehl, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, suspense, General, Fiction, Man-Woman Relationships, Christian, Kansas, Christian Fiction, Religious, Mennonites, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781602607811
Google: 1yy1N7BdMpYC
Amazon: 1602607818
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
Published: 2010-12-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

What do you mean dead?” Sweetie’s nonsensical question only echoed the shock I felt at Dale’s stunning announcement.

The brothers stared at her like she was demented. “Dead, Sweetie,” Dale said. “Can’t put it any other way. He’s frozen stiff as a board.” He fixed his gaze on John. “Glad to find you here, John. Heard you used to be a doctor. Can you take him off our hands?”

John’s mouth dropped open. “Take him off your hands? And just what would you like me to do with him?”

Dale shrugged. “Have no idea, but he can’t stay with us.”

“We need to call the police,” I said. “Or the sheriff. Or someone.”

“Good idea,” Sam said, “except the phones don’t work, and I doubt they could get here anyway.”

“The phones in town were okay earlier,” Dan said. “When we get back, we’ll call the sheriff. It may take a while though. It’s mighty slow going. It could be a few hours before we can contact anyone.”

“And we can’t guarantee the phones will be working by the time we get there,” Dale interjected. He looked at his brother.

“Doesn’t Joe Loudermilk still have that old CB radio he plays with in his back room?”

Dan shrugged. “I have no idea, but if the phones are out, we could ask him about it.”

“But Joe’s probably at home,” I said. “How will you get into his store?”

The brothers both frowned at me. “We just take the key off the hook by the door.”

Living in Harmony took some getting used to. Obviously I hadn’t completely retrained my thinking from the way things are done in the big city. “Sorry. Guess I hadn’t thought it out.”

The brothers nodded at me simultaneously. For a second, I was reminded of Tweedledum and Tweedledee from Through the Looking Glass. I shook my head. Second time today I’d compared someone who lived in Harmony with a fictional character. Somehow it just seemed appropriate.

“Well, if you men could help us get Rand off the roof of the tractor cab—”

“He’s on the roof?” I asked, aghast. “Why is he on the roof?”

There was the look again. “Just where would you have put him?” Dale asked while Dan nodded briskly. “Guess we could have dragged him along behind us, but it didn’t seem…well…respectful. Thank goodness we had some rope with us. We just strapped him up there and drove to the closest farm.” The brothers looked at each other. “Seemed like the polite way of handling the situation.”

“Polite? Tying someone on the roof of a tractor?” I was obviously out of my league, so I just gave up. “Now what?” My question was directed to Sam, but Sweetie answered.

“Just put him in the barn,” she ordered. “On the big wood table in the middle. And for cryin’ out loud, cover him up with a horse blanket or somethin’.”

The brothers nodded together again. “Good idea,” Dan said.

“He’ll stay nice and cold out there until someone comes for him.”

“What about his family?” I said. “Someone needs to let them know.

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