Accused (Amish Romance Mystery) (Amish Secret Widows' Society #3) by Samantha Price Page A

craved his touch, she knew that she would have to wait.
    They took the usual short cut through the fields.
    “I’ve been giving some thought to where we should live.” Wil looked down at his feet as he walked.
    “ Jah ? What have you thought about?”
    “We could build a haus between the two properties. Half on your side and half on my side. Come here.” He took hold of Emma’s hand and they walked up a little rise. “Right here. What about that?”
    Emma looked around about her. The land was slightly higher than the surrounding land and there were gut views of both properties. “It seems like a nice place for a haus .”
    “We could have the porch right here.” Wil raised his arm across in front of him. “We could sit here of a morning drinking kaffe and look at all this.”
    Emma looked to where he was waving his arms to see the soft yellow wheat blowing in the wind. Clumps of dark green trees in the distance framed the wheat fields. “It’s certainly a pretty site, but is it practical, Wil? We’d have to build another barn, as well as a chicken coup and a …”
    Wil laughed. “Listen to you. If I can build you a haus, I can certainly build a barn, a chicken coup and whatever else we need. I’ll rent my haus out and you can do what you like with your haus . Leave it vacant, let friends stay, whatever you wish.”
    Emma turned her eyes back to the swaying fronds of wheat and tried to imagine what it would be like to sip kaffe there in the mornings in their own new haus . “ Ach , Wil. I’d love it. I’d love it.”
    “ Gut, I’ll get working on the plans right away.”
    Emma smiled and tried to still her mind as it tried to wander back to the time when Levi was drawing up plans for their haus. Levi’s in the past , she reminded herself as she consciously blocked out the memories. She knew she had to enjoy the present moments with Wil and not have memories of the past ruin what happiness she could have right now.
    Wil put his arm around her waist. “We’ll be happy here, Emma.”
    She pressed into his arms and tipped her head up to look into his kind eyes. “I know, I just know we will.”
    They held each other tightly for a moment before Emma pulled away. “Angela will be wondering what’s taking me so long.”
    As they continued on their way to Emma’s haus , Wil said, “You never told me whether Angela and Robert liked each other.”
    Emma laughed. “That’s quite a story. It seems that Jacob was writing the letters to Angela.”
    “Little Jacob?”
    “ Jah , he was writing to her pretending to be Robert.”
    Wil shook his head. “That’s an embarrassment for both Angela and Robert.”
    “I suppose so, but it seems they like each other now they’ve met. Angela went back to visit him yesterday. Things look gut for the two of them.”
    “Must be difficult for Robert to look after the boy by himself. He seems to be spirited from what I’ve heard. I know it can’t be easy for the boy losing both his parents in that accident.”
    Once they had arrived at Emma’s haus , Emma said, “You coming in for a kaffe , Wil?”
    Wil looked up at the h aus . “ Nee , I’ve got plans to start on.”
    Emma looked into his eyes and smiled. “I’ll see you soon then.”
    Wil kissed Emma lightly on her forehead then turned back toward his haus.
     

Chapter 10.
    But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet,
    and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret;
    and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
    Matthew 6:6
     
    That afternoon the widows all gathered at Elsa-May and Ettie’s haus. Angela told the ladies all they found out before Detective Crowley arrived.
    “Thank you for coming, Detective,” Elsa-May said.
    “It sounded important.” The detective sat on a creaky, wooden chair opposite the widows. “What can I do for you ladies?” Detective Crowley looked straight at Emma and gave her a glowing smile. Emma looked away because he had a