For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Suddenly I feel Muffin rub against me and she meows quietly. Meow?=You awake? Yes, I whisper, what happened? Meow, meow.=You stop walking, go to sleep and fall down. Meow, meow.=Then ghost drag you in here, tie you up. Meow, meow.=I follow quiet, he not see me. My head still feels a bit odd, like I was hit with a hammer. Now I know where we are, the old mine. I tell Muffin to come close to my hands, which she does. I reach into a pocket on her backpack and pull out a small, but very sharp pocket knife. I get it open and put the handle in Muffin’s mouth. Just do it the way we practiced Muffin. It doesn’t take her long to cut through the rope on my hands. Then I cut my feet loose and put Muffin’s mini headlamp on so I can see.
How long have we been in here Muffin? Meow, meow.=Quite long, getting dark outside. I don’t see anything nearby so I ask Muffin to lead me out of here. It doesn’t take too long to reach the entrance we were close to finding and soon we are back outside again. Muffin was right, it’s nearly dark so we make our way back to the hotel. The door is locked naturally so I call to Jessica. Hmm, no answer, that’s not good, it’s too early for her to be sleeping. We go to the front door but it’s locked also, so I start checking the windows and one was unlocked to I was able to open it, so Muffin and I crawled inside. We find Jessica tied up and unconscious on her bed…with a note! It says simply, “leave while you can”.
Whoever this person is, is letting us know he could kill us anytime he wants. This is starting to get dangerous, I don’t like this at all. Meow, meow.=This bad, we should leave, I’ll go pack. No Muffin, we are not leaving until we solve this mystery. And stop sighing so much. I finally manage to get Jessica awake, it’s obvious that both of us were drugged, but how? Hmm, I did have some water to drink when we got back from town, Muffin didn’t drink any, which is why she wasn’t affected. Jessica said the last thing she remembered was sitting in the main room drinking tea and getting worried about us. She did drink some water too just before having her tea. I check her teacup, no drug in there. But she used water from the well for that. She hauls in water for straight drinking purpose. And someone put a drug in that big container.
I decide to show Jessica the note that was on her. She just stared at it for a couple minutes so I asked what was wrong. That’s Bill’s handwriting, she said, but that’s impossible! Meow!=Ghost write it! He isn’t a ghost Muffin. Then how do you explain this note?, asks Jessica. Well, I’m not sure. It’s says to leave, is that what you want to do? Meow, meow.=Great idea, everyone agrees, I’ll go pack. No Muffin, come back here. Meow.=Rats. I’m not going anywhere, says Jessica, no one is chasing me from my hotel! But I don’t want you and Muffin getting hurt, so you can leave if you want, she said. Meow, meow.=Good, all settled, I’ll go pack. Muffin and I are staying here too, we wouldn’t leave you here all alone. Isn’t that right Muffin? Meow!=Right, we brave! Meow.=Or stupid.
I’ll go get us something to eat, said Jessica. After she was gone I asked Muffin if the man and woman that were here earlier had gone near our drinking water. Meow, meow.=Me think, no, they didn’t, not even close. Okay, the water was fine before we went to town, the intruders didn’t do anything to it, so that only leaves…suddenly Jessica screams loudly from the kitchen! Muffin and I run to see what’s wrong!
To be continued.
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
Excellent pics of the squirrel !…are you sure that it was the water you drank ? Hmmm…is it really Jessica or perhaps her twin sister ?…very interesting Steve🕵️♂️😲😿☕️☕️
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Thanks Sharon! Had to be the water, didn’t have anything else before going out with Muffin, unless…😁😸🌞🕵️♂️🕵️♀️🔎🔦
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Aaarrrggghhh!
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I’m glad to see you’re enjoying the story Nina!😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♀️🔎🔦
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I am! Keep going!💃🤸👣✍️🕺
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Yep, I will, maybe more often too.😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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I am loving this story!
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I’m so glad to hear you are enjoying it Charlotte! Have a nice evening!😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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Thank you very much!
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Too bad chapter 6 can’t be published today!
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Thanks Lydia, nice to know you are waiting with such anticipation! 😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♀️🔎🔦🕯
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Oh… What happened 😳😳😳😳 Ur suspense 🤨🤨🤨 Wow Steve it’s going awesome 🥰🥰🥰 Keep up I’m waiting for the next part, please post it asap 🤗
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hehe. I will likely start posting more often with my story, have to do something with these days. Too cold to go out, no point going shopping, so I’m stuck inside for a while. May as well write my story.😁😸✍🕵️♂️🕵️♀️☕☕Glad you’re enjoying it Simon! What did happen?😳 Is she pretending?🤔 Is she part of a plot to get the insurance?😲 Is hiring me to find the killer just being done to strengthen an insurance claim?😬 Is there any insurance?🙄 Is there any Bill?🤔 Is there any coffee?☕ We will find out tomorrow!😃😺🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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Coming to the coffee again, Let’s show some coffee scenes too 😉😄 We all love coffee by now 😄 😄 It’s good you could keep writing ✨🤗 that’s a good news but boring is about Corona, don’t let it inside head, hope this will be under control in a week of time ✨😉
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Yep, always coffee, helps me think so I can write. Helps me think to solve the mystery…with Muffin’s help of course.😂😹🙄
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Coffee is our Steve’s booster, Hope you are not mixing anything other than Coffee powder, Did I smell something else✨;) 😛 Have a beautiful day✨
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Just coffee for this boy!😁☕☕☕☕ It is the best booster around!😜😛🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️Hope your day is going great Simon!
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Going super boring Steve, tried work from home for a day, I didn’t like that🙄 I Posted my next week story today 🤗 Got lot of time to think for a twist, don’t miss it 😉
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I won’t miss it, have to log off for a bit and get my exercising done, then do some writing, but I’ll be back!😁😸🤸♂️🏋️♂️🚴♂️🧗♂️💪👈
You’ll get used to working at home, it’s the best thing to do right now, much safer.😃😺
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Keep up Steve, Don’t miss your workouts ✨💪🤸 Let’s do that first. Yeah, I think u will get used to it 🙄🤔 Will see that. Thank you Steve🥰
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Absolutely, got to keep up with the workouts, got the morning time done now. Next is afternoon time!😁😸💪🤸♂️
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Great work Steve ✨💪 Next schedule afternoon, don’t get busy Working out is important now ✨💪🤸
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Oh no…now I have to wait 🕵️♀️ 😿 very interesting Steve and Muffin! 😻
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Thank you so much Ribana! Hope you have a wonderful day!😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♀️☕☕
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Wonderful pics and the investigation is superb Steve !!! 😊
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Thank you very much Suni! Enjoy your evening!😃😺🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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No!!! Cliffhangers. You’re forcing me to get to the next chapter when I have something else to do! Huhuuu 😭
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That’s the idea, keep you hooked to keep reading more and more!😁😸🕵️♂️🕵️♀️
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You can be a bit mean sometimes, you know that? 😂
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Awww, thanks Jessica!😂😹🤪
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