don’t let anyone talk you into anything again.”
Hector left the inn through a rear door.
Lucas glanced out a nearby window to the store visible in the distance.
Why would an Amish girl be part of an attempt to do Hannah harm? Knowing she was in good hands with Fannie, he followed Hector outside and double-timed it toward the store.
A bell rang over the door and the smell of homemade soaps and fresh-baked bread accosted Lucas at the entrance.
Joseph, the Amish teen who worked with Belinda, looked up from where he was dusting shelves.
“Where’s Belinda Lapp?” Lucas asked as he neared the counter.
“She has gone home for the day.”
Lucas didn’t understand. “The day has just started.”
“Yah, but she did not feel well.”
“And her mother?”
“She is not here, either.”
“Both of them are sick?” Lucas asked.
The boy shrugged. “Both of them are not here. I do not know anything except what Belinda has told me.”
Returning to the inn, Lucas pushed open the door and stepped into Fannie’s office.
She was sitting next to Hannah on the couch, fanning the younger woman with a newspaper.
“What happened?”
“She got light-headed and almost passed out. She needs medical care, Lucas. Calvin parked her car at the rear of my office.”
“We’ll leave now.”
He encouraged Hannah to stand and helped her outside.
Fannie opened the passenger door and wrapped a throw around Hannah’s legs. “Lucas will get the heater running soon to warm you.”
Before climbing behind the wheel, he hesitated for a moment. “Lydia Lapp didn’t come to work today,” he told Fannie. “Her daughter, Belinda, is the one who gave Hector the note to deliver to Hannah.”
“I trust Lydia, but Belinda seems more interested in young men rather than in getting her work done.”
“Have you seen her with anyone recently?”
“I saw her talking to a man this morning,” Fannie admitted. “I told her that the store was open and she needed to get to work.”
“Can you describe the guy?”
Fannie shook her head. “I was more focused on Belinda and her need to return to work.”
“I’ll talk to her when I get a chance. Hopefully she’s not involved with the attacker, but stranger things have happened.”
Fannie glanced into the car and patted Hannah’s hand. “I will pray the doctor finds you well.”
Hannah gave her a weak smile, which didn’t bolster Lucas’s spirits. He needed to get her to the doctor, but he also needed to talk to Belinda Lapp. Innocent though she seemed with her white apron and prayer kapp, the girl might know something. Lucas needed to find out what.
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