Undercover Amish (Covert Police Detectives Unit Series Book 1) by Ashley Emma

Author:Ashley Emma [Emma, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Fearless Publishing House
Published: 2016-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

After church, when they arrived back home for a day of rest, Olivia crept downstairs to get her cell phone from where it was charging. Then she ran off into the woods and called Branson.

“Hey, Liv. Got an update for me?” he asked, chewing something. “Oh, and we got the fingerprint results back for the note, the step, the casing, and the bat. We didn’t get anything useful. This guy is smart enough to wear gloves.”

“Great,” she grumbled. Another dead end. “Well, last night a man tried to sneak into Isaac Troyer’s house. He wore a mask, so I tried to sneak up on him, but he saw me and got away. I think it was the same guy who left the note, unless he has a partner.”

“He was right there and you let him get away?” Branson retorted. “Come on, Liv, get your head in the game! What happened? You usually can catch a perp.”

“I know, and I’m sorry.” Remorse sunk in. “But you should have seen this guy run. Even though he was tall and big, he ran like an athlete. He outran me easily. I had nothing on him. I had no chance.”

“Well, I hope you get a second chance.” He bit into something again. She pictured him sitting at his big desk, a typical salami sandwich on his belly, crumbs falling as usual.

“I just really wish I could have some help here.”

“No can do. You know we’d lose the people’s trust, and then we’d get nowhere. You’ve got this, Liv. I believe in you.” She detected a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

“Thanks for the vote of confidence.”

“But seriously, I do believe you can do this. That’s why I sent you. Look, just call me when you have a real update. Okay? And, you know, on second thought, if things don’t start progressing, I might just have to send in more detectives. Maybe Jeff. It might be our only option.”

“I understand, Captain.”

“Yeah. Later, Liv.”

She hung up, disappointed in herself. She wanted to progress further into her investigation, but it was so hard working alone. She was so used to working with Jeff. If he came here, the people would become even more suspicious, then she’d have to work against them. Thanks to Diana, some of them already thought she was the killer. If she brought a friend in, they might think he was an accomplice. Or they would realize he was a detective and not reveal any more information about the murders.

And then the killer would probably realize Jeff wasn’t Amish, but that he was a detective, and possibly lash out in anger because he had told Liv to stop snooping around.

No, she had to do this on her own.

*

The man liked the way darkness covered the farmland like a shroud as he crept along the sides of houses, shying away from the revealing moonlight like a cockroach running when a light is turned on. Darkness made him feel safe, and he didn’t want to be caught.

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