Accused (Amish Romance Mystery) (Amish Secret Widows' Society #3) Read Online Free Page B

that business, we’ve got dessert,” Emma said.
    Angela looked up to see Emma and Maureen carrying desserts to the table. There was a tall chocolate cake with pink and white marshmallows on top, chocolate slices, ice-cream and round chocolate balls covered with coconut.
    “Someone likes chocolate,” Angela said with a laugh.
    “Chocolate is a weakness of mine,” Emma said as she sat down.
    Maureen took a large knife and cut the tall chocolate cake into slices. “I hope no one here is watching what they eat.”
    “Not anymore,” Ettie said.
    After a large meal and an even larger dessert, the widows went home.
    “I’ll dry the dishes, Emma. That way we can talk,” Angela said.
    “ Denke . How are you liking Lancaster County so far?”
    “Everyone seems really friendly. I like the countryside; it’s quite similar to back home.”
    “I heard you tell Elsa-May that you like Robert,” Emma said.
    “ Jah . I don’t know what he thinks of me. A strange lady showing up at his haus expecting that he should know of me. It was the most embarrassing moment of my life.”
    “He’s a gut man, from what I know of him. He would have felt bad when he found out what Jacob had done.”
    Angela looked thoughtful. “He did.”
    “Seems to me as though Robert is always sad or distracted by something. Now I know more of what happened to his bruder, it all makes sense. Mind you I didn’t know the Geigers that well.”
    “I appreciate you letting me stay here, Emma.”
    “You’re doing me a favor. I like having company. I told Elsa-May you are welcome to stay as long as you want.” Emma took the opportunity to try and find out more about the cases Elsa-May had worked on in the past. Emma was involved in the Pluver case and the more recent murder of old Frank, but she knew that Elsa-May and Ettie had worked on many more cases with Detective Crowley. “You’re aware then of Elsa-May working on similar cases to try and solve them, and such?”
    “ Jah , someone was murdered once, down my way, and Elsa-May helped with that,” Angela said.
    A smile spread across Emma’s face. “I see. I knew she’d done these things before.”
    “Don’t tell her I told you; she’s very secretive about these things. I don’t want her to be cross with me.”
    “I won’t tell,” Emma said.
    “My daed used to say that Elsa-May’s every bit as smart as a mann .”
    Emma raised her eyebrows and bit her tongue to avoid making a comment, although she couldn’t help but say, “I guess your daed would see that as a compliment.”
    “Very much so.” Angela laughed. “I guess he thinks that menner have to be smarter.”
    Emma vigorously scrubbed a saucepan. “Women are just as smart, I’m sure.”
    “Elsa-May said you might be married soon?”
    “ Jah , to Wil Jacobson. He lives next door. You met him yesterday, didn’t you?”
    “ Nee , I didn’t meet anyone,” Angela said.
    “That’s right; he left just before you arrived. Your taxi passed him just as he was leaving my haus .”
    “That’s right, I do remember passing a buggy that looked as though it was coming from your place. Is he nice?”
    “He is. I’m blessed to have had two gut menner in my life. Why have you never married before now, Angela?”
    “Where I come from isn’t like here. There’s not many menner to choose from and they get snapped up pretty quickly. I’m quieter than the other girls so it made things that much harder for me. The other girls can talk to the boys easily. I never had any bruders, so I’m not used to boys. There was one boy I liked once.” Angela rubbed her neck. “I was too nervous to speak to the boys especially the ones I liked. Anyway, before too long, they were all married.”
    “That’s the disadvantage of a small community, I suppose.”
    “My Ant Elsa-May’s been telling me about Robert for a long time. I finally gave in and wrote to him and well… you know the rest.”
    Emma put the last saucepan in the cupboard and