Plain Murder (Amish Romance Mystery): Clean Mystery series (Amish Secret Widows' Society Book 8) by Samantha Price

business to go broke.”
    Sabrina walked to the desk and sat down on one of the chairs opposite Jamie. “Why, why are they both in jail?”
    Jamie raised his eyebrows and looked at her for a moment. “Have a seat.”
    This man is just like Trevor except worse. No wonder he’s the black sheep of the family. “May’s my friend, could you just please tell me why she’s in jail? Or is this a joke?”
    “My brother and my sister each confessed to murdering our father.”
    “Why would they do that?” Sabrina knew that May would not be capable of such a thing – Trevor maybe, but not May.
    “There would be many reasons to kill my father. I’m surprised he lasted this long without someone killing him. Let me see, he’s a child beater, a wife- beater, a liar and a cheat… shall I go on?”
    Sabrina shook her head and jumped to her feet. “I’ll go and get that coffee.”
    “Good idea,” Sabrina heard Jamie say on her way out of his door.
    She made her way to the lunchroom in a daze. Her good friend May in jail? It didn’t make sense. Sabrina had to know more.
    Minutes later, Sabrina knocked on Jamie’s door with his coffee in her hands.
    “Yes?” Jamie looked up from his laptop.
    She placed the coffee in front of him. “Do you mean that they both said that they did it together? May and Trevor both killed their father?”
    Jamie pushed himself back into the high-backed leather chair. “No. They each say that the other is innocent.”
    May had to be covering for Trevor. “I see, so what happens now?”
    “I’m not sure. I’m not thinking about that right now. Whatever happens to them happens. It’s not in any of my control, so there’s no point me giving it a second thought.”
    May stepped back, turned around and walked out the door. She collected a coffee she’d made for herself from the lunchroom then went back to her desk. He sounded so cold, as if he had no feelings for either sibling.
    She sat back down at her desk and checked the daily emails.
    At nine o’clock John Steele walked through the door. Sabrina stood up and waved him over.
    “John, have you heard what’s going on?”
    “What now?”
    Sabrina told John about May and Trevor both confessing to the murder and also that Jamie the oldest son was now running the place.
    John scratched his head. “Not to sound selfish at a time like this, but that’s all I need.”
    “Do you know Jamie?”
    John pulled a face. “I’ve met him once before. I’m not his favorite person and he’s not mine.”
    At that moment, Mr. Caruthers’ office door swung open. Jamie ducked his head out and looked at John. “John Steele.”
    “Hello, Jamie.”
    “Do you actually intend to do any work here, or are you on a social visit?” Jamie scowled at Sabrina obviously upset at the two of them having a conversation in work hours.
    John walked over to Jamie. “As soon as your father died, your brother demoted me. I was second in charge to your father.”
    “Ah, good. I’ll remote you then. Remote - is that a word?” Jamie laughed loudly. “You can have your old job back and bring me up to speed on what’s happening around here. I haven’t worked here for a good ten years.”
    John shot Sabrina a pleased look.
    Jamie looked him up and down and then looked at Sabrina as if he were studying her. He looked back at Jamie, “Grab yourself a coffee and come into my office. I’ve got some paperwork I’d like to go over with you.”
    Normally Sabrina would consider herself lucky to be working so closely with two such handsome men, but right now Sabrina was pleased that everyone would be away from her for a while. The few days after an auction were always busy and Sabrina had a ton of paperwork to get through. Sabrina noted that John did not look particularly upset to learn that May was being held in custody. She would have thought that he would have gotten in his car and driven straight to the police station. Maybe they weren’t as close as she had thought.