Free Hidden (Amish Romance Mystery) (Amish Secret Widows' Society Book 2) by Samantha Price Page B

Bailey were talking on the porch on two large wooden chairs. “Hello, Emma,” Silvie said.
    “Hello, you two. Where are Wil and Sabrina?”
    “Sabrina’s helping Wil in the kitchen.”
    The nerve of the girl; she’s trying to step right into my shoes. Emma was angry with herself for not helping Wil as she usually did. Because of her pride and selfishness, she had unknowingly opened a way for Sabrina to work her way into Wil’s heart.
    Emma looked down at the apple pie in her hands. “I’ll be back in a minute. I’ll just take the apple pie into the kitchen.” Was she going to be the odd one out tonight? Silvie and Bailey were attracted to each other and Wil and Sabrina had their inventions to chat about. Emma walked quickly into the kitchen. “I brought apple pie.”
    “ Denke , Emma. I love your apple pie.”
    “I know. I made it especially for you.” Emma tried to make it sound as though they were a couple in front of Sabrina. “Hello, Sabrina. Denke for helping Wil; I usually help him with the cooking, but I was busy with other things today.”
    “Hello, Emma. I couldn’t see Wil do all the cooking himself. He needs a fraa to look after him.” Sabrina shot an adoring look at Wil, which annoyed Emma greatly.
    Wil and she were courting, didn’t Sabrina know that; hadn’t Silvie told her to keep away from him?
    When Wil remained silent, Emma walked out of the kitchen and sat out on the porch with Bailey and Silvie. They stopped speaking when she approached.
    “How are you going with things, Bailey?” Emma asked.
    “Fine, denke , Emma. I’m learning a lot and taking it all in. I’ll be Amish in no time.”
    “That’s gut .” Trying not to clench her mouth, Emma asked, “Silvie, how long is Sabrina staying with you?”
    “I don’t know. She’s enjoying a little freedom away from mamm .”
    That was the answer that Emma did not want to hear. She had no one to discipline her and she was set loose on the menner in the community, in particular Wil.
    Wil and Sabrina came through the front door. “I’m just going to show Sabrina some of my inventions in the barn. Do you want to come with us, Emma?”
    “ Jah , I’ll go and have a look.” Emma considered that she was in a difficult position. While she was glad that Wil asked her, she did not want to appear to Sabrina as though she was jealous of her. She would also have to leave Bailey and Silvie alone with each other.
    While Wil showed Sabrina and Emma all the things he had invented, Sabrina made all the appropriate oohs and ahhhs while Emma found it difficult to muster the appropriate enthusiasm.
    The whole night Emma felt totally out of sorts. Sabrina took over her role as hostess and Emma spent the night forcing a smile on her face.
    Once everyone had gone, Emma turned to Wil. “I’d better get going too.”
    “ Nee , wait, Emma. I’m sorry for what I said to you on Sunday. It was mean.”
    “You were right, Wil. I’ve been so consumed with myself and feeling sorry for what happened to me that I haven’t been aware of other people’s needs. Well, your needs.”
    Wil said, “I’ll walk you home.”
    Although they had both apologized to one another, something had changed. Emma knew in her heart that things between them were not the same.
     
    * * *
     
    The tension between Wil and Emma played on her mind so much that Emma knew she had to have a straight talk with Wil about it. The next morning Emma stopped in on Wil on her way to town. “Are you there, Wil?”
    Wil came to the door with a coffee cup in his hands. “Emma, come in.”
    “How about we sit out here, in the morning sun?”
    “Okay, would you like a kaffe ?”
    “ Nee , I just had one at home. Wil, I feel things between us are different.”
    Wil smiled. “ Are they?”
    “If something’s important to you, I will try and understand why it interests you.”
    Wil reached out and took hold of Emma’s hand. “Let’s not speak of it again. We said all we needed to say