For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
We rushed around trying to make sure we didn’t leave anything behind, then off we went. One of the elevators was on the way up, hopefully we can get on the other elevator before that first one gets here. Fortunately the other elevator was just 3 floors up and it got here first so down we went to the main floor. However, we stopped at the second floor and walked down the stairs at the back of the hotel. When we got to the back door we could see police in the parking area. How did they know? As we went out the door the cats went off on their own. The police came over to us right away and…”Thwock”, “Thwock”, both officers fell to the ground. They’ll only be out for a short time however, and probably have a headache for the rest of the day.
We get in our car and we try something that we did in another case, I let Lena off at a car rental place and told her to rent a van, which she did. However, she got something a bit larger than I was thinking, but it might work good, providing we don’t have to get involved in a high speed chase. “How did the police find out about us?,” asked Lena. “I really don’t know, someone had to tip them off, that’s the only way,” I said, “but so few people knew where we would be.” Lena looked at me. “I didn’t do it, I hope you know that,” she said quietly. “Don’t worry, I don’t believe it was you,” I said, “it had to be someone on the police force and…” I started thinking of Sabine. I have seen her before, I think, but it’s her voice that really sounds familiar. But where have I heard her voice before? And even Gaston’s voice, I’ve heard him before, but where, and when? And why am I thinking of them right now?
They don’t even know where we are, I don’t like doing things on their terms. I want everything done on my terms. Then I know what is going on and can make plans better. But I do need to contact them and find out how, when, and where we are going to make this exchange of the Jade Cat. And how the police can finally catch them…wait, that’s it! “Muffin, come here for a minute,” I said to her. She came over and I whispered to her. Her ears went straight up and she looked at me with big eyes. Then the cats went in the back of this huge van, which is more like a big moving truck. Oh well. “Where are we going?”, asked Lena, “this is getting close to where I live.”
“That’s where we are going,” I said, “but just a little farther than your place, remember that old abandoned house you pointed out to me? That’s our destination.” “But the police are likely watching my place, and have probably checked that abandoned place already,” she said. “That’s right, they would have already checked the abandoned place, which means they are not likely going to check it again soon,” I said, “and they won’t expect us to use a place so close to yours.” “Hmm, you might be right about that,” she admitted. We kept driving right past her place but never saw any activity around there, but as we got closer to the abandoned place I could see someone walking around and there was now a realtor sign out front.
So I just kept on driving until we came to a little used road. I turned down there and drove for a bit until coming to a very abandoned house, not much left of it really. I had to back up a bit, then turned into what was once the driveway and drove around to the back of the place. Because of all the long grass it was easy to see no one else had been here for a very long time. Unfortunately it was easy to see where I had driven through the grass with the truck. But by using the broom that was in the truck I was able to get the grass standing a little better once more. We might be safe here for awhile, I hope. We went inside, it was completely empty and not too safe looking. “Are you sure we should stay here?”, asked Lena, “this house looks like it’s ready to fall down.” “We’ll stay here for awhile, until we figure out what to do,” I said. The cats come running over, meow,meow.=police outside looking around.
To Be Continued.
Pictures of Mr. Cat are kindly supplied by his human, Nina.
Previous chapters can be found on my home page under “The Investigators, Inc.” And other stories can be found under “20/20 Investigations, Inc.”
ยฉ2021 Steve McLeod.
One step ahead… Good Thinking!๐๐
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I need bigger steps.๐ณ๐๐๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ฉ
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Bigger steps mean bigger shoes
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Or no shoes at all.
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Please use shoe๐คข
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You don’t look so good, better lie down.๐ฌ
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I agree!! Wet socks and shoes are very aromatic…๐๐๐
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How can wet socks and shoes be romantic?๐ค
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Exactly!! How??
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I can’t think, remember?
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Stop that… I am having trouble thinking for both of us..
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I’m enjoying the rest.๐คญ๐คญ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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Yeah… well just wait until it’s your turn to think ๐
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I might take another month off. This is fun.
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No you don’t!!๐คจ๐คจ
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I’ll just add February, it’s such a short month anyway.๐
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Nope! Im not thinking for you again… thats more than can be expected of one peraon
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What if we both took February off?
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Hmmmm…. might be easier to not think.. I’ll need to think about it..
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Of course then it would be hard to work.
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True.. but work is overrated so It wouldnt bother me..
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Now that’s thinking worth thinking about thinking.
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If I choose to think ๐ค
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Take the plunge.๐คช
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Oh no… the water is wY too cold for plunging๐ฅถ๐ฅถ๐ฅถ
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Use snow instead, it’s not so cold.
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No it’s colder ya goof!!๐คจ๐คจ
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If it’s colder, than why does it turn to water when it’s on your skin?๐
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Because it is below freezing when it’s snow and your skin warms it up and it changes back to water at 32 degrees.
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No wonder I’m so cold if my skin is only 32 degrees!!๐ณ๐ณ๐ฅถ๐ฅถ
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Then get out of the water silly!๐๐๐
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What does that have to do with cold skin?๐ค
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Cold water will make your skin cold..
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Hey… do something to stop all your cold air from leaking down here! Im freezing! It was a high temp of 12 degrees here today! My big toe started to get numb it was so cold ๐ฅถ
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Hey, you had it warm! Our high was -2! But it’s warming up tomorrow with that snow and then back to cold again on Thursday.
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Maybe warmer than your temp but nowhere near warm enough!!!๐ฅถ๐ฅถ๐ฅถ๐ฅถ๐ฅถ๐ฅถ
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But the sun was shining, just sit in the sun, that will keep you warm, except it’s dark now so you’re too late. Try lighting a candle.๐ค๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ
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No matches
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You have a stove, use that to light the candles.
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How do I start the stove?? Your not thinking ๐ค
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Just pretend you’re eating.
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No way.. im not pretending! Im gonna eat
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What? You haven’t eaten yet?
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What’s yet? Is that a vegan thing?๐ค
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I don’t eat fish, don’t like it one bit.๐ฌ๐ฌ
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Too fishy tasting ๐ค ๐
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Exactly, terrible stuff.
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If only fish didnt taste so fishy it might taste better.
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That’s very true, now if only it tasted like a steak.
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Hey!! Thats a good idea! Fish Steaks! Brilliant!
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But not if they taste like fish.
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Exactly! A fishy tadting steak isn’t very appetizing๐ค
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Unless you’re a cat.
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That’s true… so maybe fish steaks?
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Not for me thanks, I’ll stick with the good old fashioned ones that are made of something we don’t know.
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I prefer steak in my steak.๐
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Precisely my opinion if my opinion is my opinion when I’m thinking it’s my opinion.
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Not that I have an opinion! But if I did have an opinion my opinion would be the same as your opinion, in my opinion!
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Wow, you’re really thinking tonight! Speaking of night, it’s time to call it a night so I can sleep tonight before it’s no longer night tonight. Good night Dusty!๐ฅฑ๐ด๐
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Good Night Steve! I’ll be on the office tomorrow, but I’ll be keeping an ear out if your avaialble.
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Okay, I’m gone.
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Can’t stop it, cold air always falls down and you’re down from us, so…๐ค๐คฃ๐คฃ
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You mean I have to go further north to find warm temps?? Oh man…
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Nope, it’s cold up there, the equator doesn’t like cold air so it throws it back up north.
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Then it’s the equator for me!
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Hard to stand up at the equator, spins too fast.
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Im okay with laying down
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You might roll out of bed.
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Yep! I might! But I’ll still be laying down
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I’m back, had to leave for a bit.
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I noticed.. good to have you back
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Thank you, I’m back now.
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I thought you were back before. But if your back now then it couldn’t be then
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You’re thinking too much again. Are you getting snow and strong wind tomorrow?
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Winds 10 to 20 mph high around 38 degrees
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Wind here will be 25 to 45mph, high 33 and 6 inches of snow.
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Woooo…. I don’t lime to say it but im glad its you up there than me down here..๐ฅถ๐ฅถ๐ฅถ
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Is that a compliment?๐คจ
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Yep!! You deserve to be there! What an honor!!๐๐
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Thank you very much.๐
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You’re welcome very much!๐๐
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You’re always so nice.๐
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I try! I didn’t mean to offend or insult you.
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Oops, I think I clicked the wrong smiley. It should have been the smiley smiley. Sorry about that.๐
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No worries! ๐ I’ve done that before.๐
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I feel the breath on my neck…๐ณ๐
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Yes, me too! This is getting too close!๐ณ๐๐๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ฉ
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As Sherlock Holmes said โ something is afoot Watson โ… trouble is all around ! I hope you are all taking precautions ! โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ผ๐พ๐ฉโผ๏ธ
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Yep, but there shouldn’t be trouble, we should be away from trouble. What is going on? How do they keep finding us so fast? Who’s tipping them off? Things are not going good right now.๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ
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A bugging device in the cat?๐ค
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She certainly had nothing on her, I checked her out. Maybe Mr. Cat needs to check her. Hmm….๐ค๐บ๐
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No, not Muffin, the Jade Cat (placed by Bernard or Lena), but now you have me thinking more. ๐ค๐ค. Did they put a bugging device on Muffin? ๐ค
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Hey, there’s something I never thought of checking.๐ Maybe Bernard did put a tracking device on the Jade Cat.๐ฌ Or Lena, she did seem a bit upset when she thought the Jade Cat had disappeared….๐ค
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Maybe…๐ค. Itโs worth checking out. Everyone is a suspect except the three of you. ๐ค
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True enough, the only ones I trust are the cats right now. Can’t even trust me.๐ฌ
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I donโt know about that. You just have something up your sleeve that is going to shake things up for almost everyone. ๐ค I think you whispered that surprise to Muffin. ๐
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Hmm, that’s possible, time will tell. This case might be a bit different than most! And the ending might be….well, we’ll see!๐๐
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Brilliant plan, police might not visit the same place again๐ค you better go that place and be safe. On other side, who had informed police ๐ค why is Sabine and Gaston voice is very familiar ๐ณ๐ค is there a connection ๐ what that is๐ค phew, I was late reading this series, glad I could able to catch up atleast now. Enjoyed reading this Ontario Shakespere versionโบ๏ธ๐ค Great Going Uncle Steve ๐๐ค Keep up…
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Glad you’re enjoying this new story Simon. Yes, what is it about the voices of Sabine and Gaston?๐ค๐๐ Have I heard them somewhere before, if so, where?๐ณ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ Suddenly I’m getting very nervous about that thought of Sabine and Gaston, Lena and Lara.๐ฌ Something is not right, but I don’t know what it is yet. Unless….๐ณ๐ฒ
Perhaps next time we find out!๐ค๐๐๐๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ฉ
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Unless๐ค๐ค๐คHey steve ๐ You should stop confusing us with questions ๐๐ Yes, now, what’s up with Sabine, Gaston๐ค Is that linked to Lara & Lena ๐ง hmm sounds interesting ๐ excited for next page ๐๐
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Oh no…is not easy to hide from police ๐ฎโโ๏ธ๐๐พ
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So true, but they keep finding us a little too fast! They are getting help from someone, but who?๐ณ๐๐๐ฉ
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I wonder who tipped the police in the first place ๐ค Seems like they know everything before it happens๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
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Yes, that is something that is very disturbing.๐ณ๐๐๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ฉ
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