For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
A truck drives up slowly and parks by my burned out car. Looks like John has arrived, that’s his truck that ran us off the road all right. And wrecked my car, added Lydia. John came bursting into the living room holding a gun! I said you should carry a gun, screamed Lydia! Aha, said John, okay, who’s the woman? She claims to be Lydia Baker, great granddaughter of Mrs. Baker and the only living relative, I said. That’s a lie! You said you found the gold, not some lying thief! What? You never told me about finding the gold, yelled Lydia. Naturally not, I had to make sure I could trust you first, now I know I can.
Tell me where the gold is or I shoot that liar, growled John. Now John was rather large, 6ft, 4 inches tall and about 280 pounds. Which makes him quite a bit bigger than me. Plus he has a gun, he definitely has the advantage. Obviously you’re not Mrs. Baker’s great grandson, I said. Of course not, said John, I was the lawyer for Lydia’s parents, that’s how I found out about the gold. And you killed them so you could claim the gold yourself, I said. Yeah, and I would have killed her too, but I could never find her. I was beginning to think she was the one playing ghost out here, but I couldn’t be sure.
The other 2 investigators believed in ghosts and were scared away from here, that’s why I asked if you believed in ghosts. Now, talk, or she dies! I said “meow” nice and loud, which kind of took John by surprise and suddenly John screams a loud high pitched scream! Poor John. His t-shirt was no match for Muffin’s 18 claws digging deeply into his back. That gave me the opportunity to grab his gun just as the police came rushing in. They quickly had John handcuffed and took him out to one of the cars.
Poor Lydia looked kind of shaken up, but she managed to tell the remaining officers what had been going on. I told everything that I had discovered and Muffin, who was sitting on my shoulder now, got her meows in too. After that came the part about the gold. Meow, meow? Sorry Muffin, I couldn’t tell you in case someone was listening to us. I actually found the gold fairly quickly, but I never quite trusted John and I wanted to find out who was playing ghost and why. I figured the “ghost” must be part of this mystery somehow.
I took everyone into the dining room, the gold is right here, I said, in these dishes. I knew the dishes were too heavy for china and the pattern on 2 of the plates didn’t match the rest of the dishes, it was close, but not quite right. So I scraped the back of a plate and the paint came off revealing the shining gold beneath. All this time, said Lydia, and the gold was right in front of me. Fortunately I know a little about antique dishes, I said. Thank you for finding the gold, said Lydia, and I will buy you another car!
Well Muffin, we certainly solved that case quickly. Lydia got enough money to pay off her debts and she will be able to open her art gallery too. Plus, she paid us so we could buy a new car. Meow? Okay, it’s a used car, but it’s better than our last one. Meow, meow (true, this one has a floor). That’s right, and with a little work it will be like new. At least it’s all in one piece this time. Meow. Okay, it’s missing a few pieces, but nothing major. Meow? What do you mean, it needs tires, it has tires. Meow? Yes, tires should have tread, these tires have tread. Meow? (where is the tread hiding?). Ha, ha, just wait, it will be nice, and for now, walking is good exercise.
Fine, you can sit on my shoulder for a while. Why don’t we pick up a pizza on the way home? Meow! (great idea!). And guess what? A new case came in for us this morning while you were napping. And for this one we get to travel all the way to…
Stay around for another exciting mystery with 20/20 Investigations, Inc.
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
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Thank you Ross!!😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♂️
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I enjoyed this little adenture.
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Thanks so much!😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♂️
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Loved it ! Now for the new investigation …
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Thanks! Yep, it’s coming.😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♂️
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Oh my!
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That bad?
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Lol
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Sigh. Getting worse.
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Not me!
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You haven’t said anything nice about it yet. Sigh.
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Hey! You used my name.
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That’s good.
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Wow! A perfect movie like Ending to the story, well you never gone out of the story, what i do is go out from Canada to Honk Kong without realising I’m in China 🙄😳. That’s a long story ☺️ Loved your story since the beginning and i felt little sad that this adventure ends here. But I’m sure I’ll have more exciting one from Steve ✨😉Have a beautiful Day ✨💐
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Muffin here again! I was sad it ended too, except all the scary parts. But we’re off on another mystery adventure starting Monday! My human says it will be lots of fun and we’re going to be in…oops, almost gave it away. Stay tuned!😸😹🕵️♂️🕵️♂️
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Hey Muffin 😸! I’m sure you sleep at day, but Steve, never sleeps on day and he is interested to night shift 🤔😜🤪. Steve, you still there? Time for bed!!! Thanks for the trailer Muffin 😸 I’m eagerly waiting for that part too✨😁 I love his way of story telling ✨🥰
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That scene you painted in my mind is amazing steve! I love the suspense! Muffin played a really good role😂! Have a nice day and muffin too! Lydia is a funny character in these chapters!😂
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Thank you Eshal! Glad you enjoyed the story. A new one should start on Monday.😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♂️
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My pleasure steve! And YEAH!!! I can’t wait for it!
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😃😺🕵️♂️🕵️♂️
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Great story, Steve! This would make a good novel!? ☕️☕️
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Thank you very much Eugenia!😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♂️
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You’re welcome!
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😀😀😺😺
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Very nicely done!!
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Thanks Dusty! How’s your day? Next mystery starts on Monday!😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♂️
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Alrighty! I am ready!! Traveling on this eh?? Sounds exotic!! Can’t wait!!😉😁🤪
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Yep, heading to a warmer place for this one.😀🌞🌴 I haven’t even told Muffin all the details yet.🙄😸 She might not have come otherwise.😂😁
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Remember the Sun screen!!😉
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Won’t likely need it, we’ll be inside mostly except when we’re outside which will be quite a lot come to think of it, better pack Muffin’s hat.🤔👒
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Absolutely🐈🐈
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She has her own backpack now for this trip too. More surprises coming up!😁😸😼🐱🚀🐈🕶🎒
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Hey… does she bring her special investigative tools with?
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Yep, I have her well equipped this time!😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♂️
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Good for you… she’ll probably need all them tools to keep you out of trouble! 😉😁
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Me? Me get in trouble? Not with my helper around!😀😺🕵️♂️🕵️♂️🙀
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Ahahah…. we’ll see?? 😂😂 how’s the torn muscle recovery coming along?
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Well, not really sure, had a setback by falling. Seems the healing hasn’t gone as well as it should though, might be stuck without getting back to normal completely. But hopefully things will change.
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Well keep at it… slow and steady wins the race..🐇🐇🐰🐰
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That’s right. Shouldn’t that be a turtle?
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Probably…🙄 I’m kinda sleepy today
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Try sleeping at night instead.
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Good point! Try convincing my brain to do that!!🤪🤪😳
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Rubber hammer.😂😂🙄
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Yeah..! Didn’t try that one yet… does it work for you??
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Great ending! I love these!
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Thank you very much Tiffany, I’m glad you enjoyed it! Have a wonderful evening!😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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LOL…great suspense.😮😺🐦🐈🙋
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Thank you Michelle!😃😺🕵️♂️🕵️♀️🙋♂️
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I finally finished reading this series, Steve! I really hope you self-publish it on Amazon! It had the makings of a book! And a good one at that. No lie! 😸I give it a 5 ⭐️ and a 👍🏼up!!!
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Glad you have enjoyed it Renee! Sorry for the delay in responding, I just have a problem with that small keyboard on my phone! Now I have a new laptop so I can get back to normal. I hope you will enjoy this latest story as well which is a little different than the others. Wow, thanks for such a great rating Renee! Have a wonderful day!😀😺🌞
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Sorry it has taken me so long to finish! My keyboard on my phone is small also. So frustrating! Will go over and check your latest out.
Thanks, and hope you have a super great day! 😸😸😸
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Chapter 6 will be coming out shortly!
Thanks Renee!😀😺
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👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 😸😸😎
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Hi Steve!
I loved reading this series! I was intrigued and amused the entire time! 👏👏😄😃👍👍
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Thank you so much Beverly! I’m glad you enjoyed it!😀😺😺🕵️♂️
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You’re welcome, Steve!!! I have started the next one! 😁😁😁👍
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Hey, that sounds great, hope you enjoy it!😀😺🕵️♂️
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Thanks! I am! 😄👍😁😺
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