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attention from having their coats wrapped around themselves. Instead of their white prayer kapps, they had their black over-bonnets on.
“Don’t look so worried,” Maureen whispered. “You need to look as if you don’t have a care in the world and you’re just taking a stroll in the cool night air.”
Emma nodded and forced a carefree expression on her face.
“That’s better. Now stay like that until we get there, just a couple of blocks to go.”
The streets weren’t crowded; there were a few restaurants open with a handful of people wondering to and fro. No one paid them much attention. As they got to the block the office was on, Maureen looked around about her. The entrance to the upstairs offices was set into the building. They came to a locked door that protected the stairwell.
Maureen looked down at the key. “Oh no, we don’t have a key for this door. Silvie said it was the key to the office, not the key to the downstairs door.”
“Just try it, Maureen.”
“Wait,” Emma said, “We must put the gloves on and wipe the key too.” Emma drew two sets of gloves out from inside the front of her dress and when they had both pulled them on Maureen put the key in the lock and turned it.
To their amazement it unlocked the door. “Well, I hope it unlocks the one upstairs as well,” Maureen said.
Emma gave Maureen a little shove. “Quick, let’s just get in before someone sees us.”
They both slipped through the locked door and were faced with a well-lit staircase.
“Silvie said it was just one flight up.” Maureen made her way up the stairs and Emma followed close behind, grateful that she had Maureen to lead the way. When they reached the top of the stairs, they saw three office doors. The closest one to them belonged to an accountant, the other was a financial advisor and the one farthest away had ‘McAllister’ written on the door.
“Come on,” Maureen whispered over her shoulder.
“I’m right behind you.”
Maureen put the key in the lock and the slight pressure on the door pushed it wide open. She swung around to, Emma. “It was unlocked.”
“He must have forgotten to lock it,” Emma whispered back.
When they were both inside the office, Maureen closed the door behind them and turned on the flashlight.
“Careful to keep it away from the window. Keep it down low.” Emma knew nothing of breaking into a place, but it made sense to keep the light away from the window, they did not need any witnesses.
Maureen gave the flashlight a couple of sharp hits. “We should’ve put some new batteries in this thing.”
“Here give it to me.” Emma wanted to read the papers that were sprawled across his desk. She picked up the first group of papers stapled together and Maureen peered over her shoulder. She read names on the paper out loud and then said, “I don’t know these people, do you?”
“ Nee .”
Emma leaned over the desk and searched the papers some more. The name Levi Kurtzler caught her eye. She snatched up the paper. “Look, Maureen, Levi’s name.”
Maureen leaned closer. “Looks like a contract for the sale of your land, but was the land in your name as well as Levi’s?”
“ Jah , Levi had the land put into my name as well, as soon as we married.”
Maureen took the flashlight from her and had a closer look. “Weird. Anything else?”
“Here, shine the light on this one,” Emma instructed.
As Maureen shone the light on the papers, they both looked at each other as soon as they read the names, Emma and Levi Kurtzler. “It looks like it’s a contract for the sale of my land.” Emma looked into Maureen’s face. “I never ordered a contract.”
“Take it with you and let’s keep looking.”
It was hard for Emma to look since there was only one flashlight and Maureen had it. Emma went closer to the window because there was a little light coming in from a street lamp, behind the blinds. As Emma made her way behind the desk toward the window,
“Don’t look so worried,” Maureen whispered. “You need to look as if you don’t have a care in the world and you’re just taking a stroll in the cool night air.”
Emma nodded and forced a carefree expression on her face.
“That’s better. Now stay like that until we get there, just a couple of blocks to go.”
The streets weren’t crowded; there were a few restaurants open with a handful of people wondering to and fro. No one paid them much attention. As they got to the block the office was on, Maureen looked around about her. The entrance to the upstairs offices was set into the building. They came to a locked door that protected the stairwell.
Maureen looked down at the key. “Oh no, we don’t have a key for this door. Silvie said it was the key to the office, not the key to the downstairs door.”
“Just try it, Maureen.”
“Wait,” Emma said, “We must put the gloves on and wipe the key too.” Emma drew two sets of gloves out from inside the front of her dress and when they had both pulled them on Maureen put the key in the lock and turned it.
To their amazement it unlocked the door. “Well, I hope it unlocks the one upstairs as well,” Maureen said.
Emma gave Maureen a little shove. “Quick, let’s just get in before someone sees us.”
They both slipped through the locked door and were faced with a well-lit staircase.
“Silvie said it was just one flight up.” Maureen made her way up the stairs and Emma followed close behind, grateful that she had Maureen to lead the way. When they reached the top of the stairs, they saw three office doors. The closest one to them belonged to an accountant, the other was a financial advisor and the one farthest away had ‘McAllister’ written on the door.
“Come on,” Maureen whispered over her shoulder.
“I’m right behind you.”
Maureen put the key in the lock and the slight pressure on the door pushed it wide open. She swung around to, Emma. “It was unlocked.”
“He must have forgotten to lock it,” Emma whispered back.
When they were both inside the office, Maureen closed the door behind them and turned on the flashlight.
“Careful to keep it away from the window. Keep it down low.” Emma knew nothing of breaking into a place, but it made sense to keep the light away from the window, they did not need any witnesses.
Maureen gave the flashlight a couple of sharp hits. “We should’ve put some new batteries in this thing.”
“Here give it to me.” Emma wanted to read the papers that were sprawled across his desk. She picked up the first group of papers stapled together and Maureen peered over her shoulder. She read names on the paper out loud and then said, “I don’t know these people, do you?”
“ Nee .”
Emma leaned over the desk and searched the papers some more. The name Levi Kurtzler caught her eye. She snatched up the paper. “Look, Maureen, Levi’s name.”
Maureen leaned closer. “Looks like a contract for the sale of your land, but was the land in your name as well as Levi’s?”
“ Jah , Levi had the land put into my name as well, as soon as we married.”
Maureen took the flashlight from her and had a closer look. “Weird. Anything else?”
“Here, shine the light on this one,” Emma instructed.
As Maureen shone the light on the papers, they both looked at each other as soon as they read the names, Emma and Levi Kurtzler. “It looks like it’s a contract for the sale of my land.” Emma looked into Maureen’s face. “I never ordered a contract.”
“Take it with you and let’s keep looking.”
It was hard for Emma to look since there was only one flashlight and Maureen had it. Emma went closer to the window because there was a little light coming in from a street lamp, behind the blinds. As Emma made her way behind the desk toward the window,
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