For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
The footsteps kept getting closer. I whisper to Mr. Cat. The door opens, a guard turns the light on and…”Thwock”. He falls to the floor without making a sound. Mr. Cat just used a rubber ball to knock out the guard, we didn’t want to kill him. Bernard kept on with his work while Lena and I tie up the guard. These new handcuffs sure work good, and easy to carry around as well. Tape over the mouth and we’re done. I look at Muffin, she is obviously not well. Meow,meow.=Not feel well, tummy hurt bad, she meowed to me quietly. I give her to Lena and look through my backpack quickly. “We don’t have much time,” says Bernard. “Muffin comes first,” I said, “we’ll still get those jewel thieves too, they really made a bad mistake this time.”
Meanwhile…”Did you give that cat this whole needle?”, asked Sabine. “You told me to give the cat another shot,” said Charles. “Idiot, didn’t you read the instructions?”, asked Sabine, “giving her the whole shot, she will die tonight, then Steve will never give us that Jade Cat.” “Sorry, I didn’t read that paper, I just figured I was to give her the whole amount,” said Charles, “anyone could make that mistake.” “Not when you work for me,” said Sabine calmly, then she said to a couple other men, “take him out and lose him somewhere.” They grabbed him and lead him out the door while he was pleading for his life. Sabine, who is the ‘boss’ of this group of jewel thieves, paid no attention to his pleas. She turns to her boyfriend Gaston and says, “now what will we do, if that cat dies before he gives us the Jade Cat, then we’re finished.” “Once he is out of that museum we can get him easily enough,” said Gaston, “let me get some men over there to wait for him.”
Sabine agreed that might be the best way to do it. “Wait, we need him to take the cat to Switzerland, we’ll never be able to do it,” said Sabine, “hold off for now.” “Okay,” said Gaston, “I forgot about that, we can’t do it for sure.” Meanwhile, back at the museum… “I checked the guards badge, he should be on the other side of the museum right now,” I said. “That means they changed the schedule again,” said Bernard, “that’s not good, we will have a harder time now.” “Yes, but it’s now or never,” I said, “I gave Muffin some antidote to the poison, hopefully it’s on time. Lena, you will have to carry her.” “That’s okay,” said Lena, “I can do that.” Meow.=Oh, those people, they pay for doing this to my Muffin. “Yes Mr. Cat,” I said quietly, “they will pay.”
Off we went, following the floor plan of the museum. We had to go up to the next level so we took the stairs so we wouldn’t alert any guards that might notice an elevator moving. We just got to the door and a guard opened it and came in the stairwell. I hit him from behind. Well, his headache won’t be as bad as the other guard. Both of these guards will likely be looking for a new job tomorrow. Down the hall we went to a large open room and the Jade Cat was right in the middle of the room sitting on a nice pedestal. Hmm, it’s larger than I thought it would be. The area around the Cat was roped off, I looked at Bernard. “It’s safe now,” he said. I quickly grabbed the Jade Cat and off we went back to the lower level, which is really the basement. So far so good. We went into a storage room and found a wood box we could pack the Cat in nicely. Then off we went.
We managed to get back outside without meeting any other guards. Bernard took the wood box and went over to his truck. He gave us keys to a car that was parked on the next street, so we went there right away, found the car quickly and off we went. Meanwhile…”The guy in the truck must have the Jade Cat,” said the man, “the others don’t have anything except the two cats.” “Good,” said Sabine, “follow the truck and get that cat!” “I didn’t think you wanted to do that?”, asked Gaston. “True, but it looks like Steve is trying to cross us,” she said, “so we need to get that cat, and then find Steve to take it to Switzerland.” Bernard noticed he was being followed and managed to lose the car just long enough to park and get into an office building. The 2 guys in the car figured he must have gone in the building so in they went also. “Did anyone come in here carrying a large box?”, asked one of the men.
To Be Continued.
ยฉ2021 Steve McLeod.
Where is Steve? Where is Muffin and Mr. Cat? This is getting scary!๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ณ
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There is a bit of a twist here for sure. What is going on? What is going to happen? Why did Bernard take the Jade Cat? Is Muffin going to survive?๐ค๐ณ๐๐๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
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I know!! You were just helping to open a cat!! I have a feeling you have a plan to get the cat and catch them all at once!! Maybe I should hire you to find these people who are stealing my CC info. ๐๐
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I have a plan?๐ค Good, let me know what it is!๐๐คช I hope Bernard can be trusted now that he has the Cat.๐ค๐ Maybe he’ll go on an extended vacation.๐ฌ๐ฌ
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Hey! All expenses paid!! Great idea!!
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But I’m the one that let him have the cat. Needed to throw off these thieves for a bit to get Muffin and Lena to safety.๐๐พ๐พ๐ฉ
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Maybe he’ll pay for you to join him someplace warm?? huh?? ๐๐
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Doubtful, really, really doubtful.๐๐คช
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I am kidding BTW. These guys have been a pain in my side for a few years now. I should have closed that account long ago.
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Is it the same people or different people?๐ค Or do you know?๐ค Time for a new card. Hmm, I think I said that last time.๐ค๐
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I think it’s the same people. No matter. I have other cards.
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Good for you. Play your cards right and you’ll be okay.
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Yep, already have changes in place to prevent them from doing it again.
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Good idea, and hide them from those squirrels!
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That part is the tough part! They are a tough nut to crack! hehehe ๐๐๐๐ Best to pay them! Then they are on my side!!๐๐๐
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Good thought, stock your place with peanuts, that should do it!
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Yep especially since I made sure they got all of the acorns! ๐๐
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I’m not sure throwing them at the squirrels really counts.๐คจ๐
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Well.. they won’t bite the hand that feeds them. I hope! ๐๐
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You’ll likely need 2 pounds of peanuts per squirrel.๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
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Really!? Cheap! Might need to make it more then… hehehe
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Good thinking! For you this time, I’m not thinking, not me, no way.๐๐ฒ๐คช
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ahahaha… it’s a good thing too… Don’t want any of that stuff getting the way of solving your case.
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Good thinking! Time to head off to slumber land again. I’ll be back tomorrow, be around most of the day. I think. Sigh, there I go again.๐ณ๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คฏGood night Dusty!
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Hey see if they have any sales on mattresses!! Good night Steve! Chat tomorrow!
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Hmmm…but who is this Sabine? Poor Muffin ๐พ๐ฟ๐พ๐ฟ
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Yes, who is Sabine?๐ค Is she someone new or someone we know already but using a different name? Muffin is quite sick, was I in time treating her?๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
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I really hope so ๐๐พ I believe Sabine is already someone that you already know ๐พ๐พ
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Yes, she might be someone I know, but I have seen her and didn’t recognize her. But she could have changed the way she looks. We’ll find out soon I’m sure!๐ค๐ณ๐พ๐พ๐ฉ
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Poor Muffin ! All that pain and separated from her human ! Mr. Cat continues to have great aim with his slingshot ! โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ผ๐ข๐ป
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Yes, now it’s time to get Muffin and Lena to a safe place while Bernard leads these thieves around for a bit. Then we go get them!๐ ๐พ๐ฟ๐ฉ
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Oh, my! This is getting messy! I hope Muffin will be okay! ๐ฌ๐ฟโ๏ธ ๐ตโ๏ธ ๐ต
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Yes, it’s not looking too good at the moment. Our initial plans are not working out as planned, but perhaps we can salvage this somehow.๐ค๐ณ๐ฟ๐พ๐ฉ
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Yes, I hope Muffin will be okay. ๐ฟ. I have my eye on Bernard. ๐คจ. Something seems off. Yes, Sabine seems to know too much about you…maybe someone in disguise or another sister. ๐ฌ
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Muffin is tough, hopefully she can pull through this. But we have to watch her closely. Things are not going well at the moment, but we’ll get it turned around yet. We just have to change plans a bit and hope it works. Yes, Sabine does know a lot about me, that’s a puzzle, guess we will find out soon.๐ค๐ณ๐ฟ๐พ๐ฉ
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Poor Muffin, I hope she gets better soon ๐ฟ I wonder whose side Bernard is on??๐ค๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
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As a police officer I hope he’s on our side, but we will find out. Muffin is strong and Mr. Cat is there to help her.๐ฟ๐ป
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Save Mufffin Fast ๐ณ Sabine ๐ค hmm … New characters, Bernard ๐คcan u trust him ๐ค.. let me go for next chapter soon…
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Yes, new characters, who are they? Can they be trusted?๐ค Certainly not Sabine.๐ณ But who is this Sabine and how come she knows all about me?๐ I don’t remember her, even after seeing her.๐ค Yes, need to help poor Muffin!๐ณ๐ฟ๐๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ฉ
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Woow๐ฎ
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Thank you so much!๐๐บ
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