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well, I think he might
have an eye on you. You and he ought to take a little buggy ride
together. How would you feel if he happened to ask?”
    Esther reached over to smack Lillian on the
knee. “Lillian! You can't just go pushing your brother on poor
Kate. She might have herself a fiancé back home she still needs to
remember.”
    “Well then, she should break it off with him
for not coming by all this time,” Lillian shot back in an indignant
tone. “She can't remember what doesn't come visiting. And we all
know there's plenty of eligible menner that would come
courting if Kate gave them half a hint she was looking.”
    “But I'm not looking,” Kate said. She was
startled and her mind was whirling. How in the world did they go
from a crime ring to her love life? Or lack thereof?
    “Well you can just look. Having a little
attention now and then never hurts anyone.” Lillian smiled
mischievously.
    Esther shook her head. “Oh let her be,
Lillian. Kate, don't fret over it. Lillian is just teasing you a
bit. Don't pay it any mind.”
    Kate smiled, but already her thoughts were
drifting away. The sooner she could solve the case, the safer these
ladies would be. If organized crime got their claws too far into
the town, an occasional burglar would be the least of this Amish
community's problems.
     

 
    Colossians 3:1.
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that
are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of
God.
    Chapter
6 .
     
    As the sun shone through the window,
illuminating her bedroom, Kate rolled over, partially waking up
from the intrusion of light that crept into her tightly closed
eyes. She rubbed her eyes furiously and forced herself to wake from
her deep slumber. After struggling to avoid getting out of bed for
several minutes, she finally rolled out of bed and walked into the
kitchen. She put on the coffee and then started to make
scrapple.
    When Kate had first arrived in the
community, she had done her best to avoid the mixture of meat and
cornmeal, but now she looked forward to the breakfast meal. She had
even become used to not having electricity, and was becoming
accustomed to the slower pace of life.
    Yet Kate was still was not comfortable
driving the buggy, despite the fact that she had done so many a
time. Today, she had to drive Rose to town so Rose could work in a
quilt store for several hours, and the thought of driving the buggy
was making Kate’s stomach churn. She thought of asking Rose to
drive, but it was expected that the older woman would be the one to
drive.
    Later, while Kate was walking around town,
trying to keep herself entertained while waiting for Rose, she
stopped in a small café and ordered coffee, this time a spiced chai
latté. I feel almost normal again , Kate thought, drinking a
latté and watching the television affixed to the wall.
    The local news report was on, talking about
such things as the weather, and some cats stuck in a tree, and a
bank robbery in another county. None of that interested her, but
then something she heard definitely caught her attention. The
narration of a breaking news report echoed through the café.
    “Good morning, I’m Maria Mandalay, reporting
for Channel 7 news. Today we are bringing you an update on an
ongoing investigation. Last week we reported that a man was found
lifeless in a resident’s pond. Police have now released the
victim’s name. He is a thirty-four year old man by the name of
Ethan Jackson
. Police are also reporting
today that new evidence in the case is being examined. A 2007
Lincoln Continental was found crashed into a tree near a back road
just south of the park and approximately one hundred yards from
where the victim’s body was recovered. Stay tuned to Channel 7 for
more updates on this breaking story.”
    Kate listened intently
to the shocking report. She knew there was a good chance that the
car had probably been towed back to the station to be inspected and
tested for evidence by now, but