A Dark Amish Night by Jenny Moews Page B

saw him in the distance and felt his eyes on her in a now familiar protective gaze. Quinn .  
       When Hannah looked again, Quinn was gone. His men must have been going over the campsite he’d found in the woods. The thought of another man with evil intentions so close to her family, waiting and watching, sent a chill down her spine. Just as the thought of Quinn being so near now made her feel safe. Two very different dangerous men threatened to tear down her world. One man intended harm and another was bent on protecting her. Dear God, help me. I fear for my family and I don’t know what to do about the man who wants to harm us and the other man I want to love. I cannot think of either and remain the good woman I am sworn to be.   
     
     
     
       That evening Quinn got stuck at the office doing paperwork and catching up on reports for the county. He really needed to get back out to the farm and talk to Timothy some more, but duty called. He hoped to make it out there before Timothy went to bed. One of his deputies was parked at the house now, watching over Hannah for him. Quinn was anxious to relieve him and that perplexed him. Quinn was ever a man of duty but he did like his personal time off as well. One mistake he had made with Kathleen was always working and never taking time off to rest and be with his wife. On the rare times he was home he was too exhausted to do anything but sleep. It was a hard lesson to learn after Kathleen died. The very reason he’d come to Heaven was to slow down, enjoy his life a little, and be more appreciative of that life.
       Now with Hannah and her children in danger, Quinn was back to his old habits of working day and night. It was really too easy for him to slip back into the routine of working a case like this. It was just that somewhere along the way, this one became really personal. That thought gave him a jolt. This was just the thing he needed to avoid. Any personal entanglements were downright scary and threatened his vow to live a quiet and complication free life.
      Quinn shook himself. Get back to work and focus. This is a routine investigation. You would have to be blind to not be attracted to Hannah, but this is not personal. It’s my job to take care of her and protect her. Nothing more…
       The buzzing of his cell phone broke Quinn from his thoughts. “Ramsey here. What can I do for you?”
       “Hey old man, you sound all ‘I’m gonna kick the crap outta somebody.’ Did I catch you at a bad time?”  It was Ollie.
       “Nah, Ollie, I just got a lot of paperwork and I’m chained to my desk at the moment. And you know me. I hate the paperwork. So what’s up?”
       “I got a lead on the tire tracks we found. Based on the wheel base and turning radius we determined the tracks were made by a 1990 to 1992 Ford F250. The tires themselves are not matching, meaning the tires were all made by different manufactures. Also, the truck is a four-wheel drive. I am running a check now on all these types of trucks registered in and around your county now. If I come up empty handed I’ll run it statewide.”
       “Thanks, Ollie. This is at least a starting point, makes me feel like we now have something to look for.”
       “No problem. I’m heading home now and I’ll fax over the reports to ya’ in the morning, Okay?”
       “Sure thing night, Ollie.”
       Quinn no sooner hung up the phone then a call came over his radio. “Hey, Boss, you read me?”
        “Yeah, Porter, I read you. What’s wrong? Are the Hershbergers good? Something happening out there? You need back up?” Quinn struggled a little to keep the anxiety out of his voice.
       “The Hershbergers are fine, but we have a small problem. The married couple that’s staying with them just left. Seems they had a death in the family, and they have to head home. The young man said he doesn’t think they’ll be back tonight and maybe not for a few days. He said he would get