Unforeseeable by Nancy Mehl

Author:Nancy Mehl
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC042040, FIC042060, FIC053000, Serial murderers—Fiction, Young women—Fiction, Mennonites—Fiction, Violent crimes—Fiction, Nonviolence—Fiction, Ambivalence—Fiction, Kansas—Fiction
ISBN: 9781441262714
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2013-08-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter / 12

It took me a few seconds to comprehend what Marvin had told us. “Oh no,” I said finally. “Poor Mary. I can’t believe it.” I wiped the tears that began to spill down my cheeks. “Are they sure? I mean, are they positive it’s her?”

“Well, the sheriff said it’s definitely Mary,” Marvin said gently. “I wish I could tell you somethin’ different, but I can’t.”

“Do you know any other details?”

Marvin wrinkled his forehead in thought. “Just what Dottie told me. A body was reported found somewhere near the turnoff toward town. It was pushed over to the side, buried in brush. No idea how many people went by without seein’ it. Seems someone stopped to check their tire chains and found her.”

“So she was hidden, just like the first woman?” Levi asked.

“Was the other woman found under brush as well?” I asked. “Noah mentioned she was near some trees.”

“No,” Levi said. “She was lying in that small section of red cedar trees that line the road about halfway between the main road and town. We didn’t tell anyone because the sheriff said they didn’t want all the details reported.” He sighed. “Mercy Eberly thought her cat might be hiding there. He’s done it before. That’s how she found the dead woman.”

“I guess I pictured her as being more visible than that,” I said.

Marvin shook his head. “Too many people passed her by. If she was easy to see, it woulda been reported a lot earlier. Seems like the killer wants the women found, but not too fast.”

I shivered. Thinking about where a body might be hidden from view put a more vivid picture in my head than I was willing to allow.

“Lizzie is . . . was friends with Mary,” I said. “She’ll be devastated.” I looked at Marvin. “Does she know?”

He shook his head. “Noah and Lizzie just put a phone in at their house, but it’s been pretty unreliable. Sometimes it works and sometimes it don’t. We tried callin’ them last night, but we couldn’t get through. Then ours went out too.” He cocked his head. “Yours workin’?”

“No. We lost it last night,” I said.

Marvin sighed. “This news is gonna hurt Lizzie a lot. I don’t look forward to tellin’ her about it.” He rubbed his gloved hands together. “Now, what are we gonna do with you two?”

“Do with us?” Levi asked. “What do you mean?”

Marvin looked uncomfortable. “This storm isn’t over. It’s gonna hit again real hard tonight. I can’t leave you two here. Don’t look . . . proper.”

Levi nodded. “I feel the same way, but I’m not sure what to do about it.”

“I think you should come back with me, son,” Marvin said. “Leave the young lady here. She’s got plenty of supplies.” He gazed around the room. “Did you lose your electricity?”

I nodded. “But the generator’s going.”

“Prediction is that this second system will move out in a few days. After it’s done with what it’s doin’, our farmers will start comin’ into town with their tractors and snowplows.

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