For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
While Muffin was busy Mr. Cat started going through all of our stuff, looking for anymore tracking devices. There must be one more somewhere. Sometimes things don’t add up the way they should, and right now is just such a time. It’s obvious that Sabine, or someone in her gang, possibly Gaston, put that tracking device in Muffin. However, that’s the tracking device the police were following, and that doesn’t make sense. Sabine isn’t going to let us get away easily, so she must have a way to track us also, so there must be another tracking device on us somewhere. We’re in a bad position right now, which I haven’t explained to Lena, but perhaps she has figured it out. On one hand we are working with the police to capture these jewel thieves that are responsible to stealing a lot of major jewels around the world. They have even infiltrated Sabine’s gang, with someone.
However, the local police don’t know anything about this, as far as they know we are just jewel thieves. They could arrest us and we would end up in prison for life because we stole a national treasure. Not good. They could also shoot us as we try to evade being captured, something we would definitely try to do. After all, spending life in prison is not a thrilling thought. But we knew this when we accepted the case. Except Lena. There are things I am not allowed to tell her. Now, on the other hand we have Sabine and her gang. Once they have the Jade Cat she promised to let us go. But will she keep her word? I doubt it. After all, I have seen her and Gaston. There’s no doubt in my mind she will have us killed once she has that Cat. Not good. Either way things don’t look good. Unless we successfully capture Sabine and her gang, without losing the Jade Cat. And that possibility is not looking so good at the moment.
Right now I think renting that truck was a deliberate idea, either the police arranged it, or Sabine arranged it. But did Lena know about it? Could she be another undercover police officer, unknown to the other group of undercover police? Or is she a member of Sabine’s gang? Or is she just innocently caught up in this because she genuinely wants to help me? Sabine and Gaston. I know those voices. And I know where I heard them. Muffin comes over and whispers to me. She looks up at me. Meow,meow?=Big problem, right? “Yes Muffin, it’s a big problem,” I said quietly, “but we knew this wasn’t going to be easy. So we keep going as planned for now. Help Mr. Cat look for more tracking devices.” Meow,meow.=Okay, I know we can do it, we smarter than bad people. Then off she went to help Mr. Cat.
Lena finally woke up and came out of the truck. “I slept so well,” she said cheerfully. Nice that one of us did. “Muffin needs to check you for tracking devices,” I said to her. “What? But why?”, she exclaimed. Muffin looked at her sternly. “Okay, I guess there is a reason,” she said, not so cheerful now. They come out and Muffin says there is no tracking device on her. “Sorry,” I said to Lena, “but I had to get checked too, and all of our stuff. We need to make sure there are no more tracking devices before we make our next move. Oh, I had to take your phone as well.” “Wrong,” she said, “it’s right here in my…it’s gone!” Muffin comes over to me carrying Lena’s phone. “How did she do that?”, asked Lena.
“She is our pickpocket, and she knows her job well,” I said with a smile. Then I took a large old hammer I found, and with a shriek coming from Lena, I quickly destroyed her phone. “What about your phone?”, she asked. “Right now I need mine to get in touch with Sabine,” I said, “and, yes, she could be tracking us with that.” Then Mr. Cat came out from under the truck carrying another tracking device. “Well, it looks like someone doesn’t want to lose us,” I said, “probably Sabine, and she likely arranged things so you had to rent this truck.” “But how did she know we would rent something from that place?”,asked Lena. “It was the closest one, and she may have arranged things with other rental places as well,” I said, “hard to outrun someone with this, and it’s hard to hide as well. And now we need to plan our next move.”
To Be Continued.
Pictures of Mr. Cat are kindly supplied by his human, Nina.
Previous chapters of this story can be found on my home page under “The Investigators, Inc.” Previous stories can also be found on my home page under “20/20 Investigations, Inc.“
ยฉ2021 Steve McLeod.
Whoa! This is getting messier by the minute and seems you are outnumbered by too many bad guys! Good luck and stay safe! ๐พโ๏ธโ๏ธ๐๐ฌ
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Yes, things are getting bad, we’re in the middle with something that both sides want! And they know what we’re doing, but we don’t know what they are doing. And then there’s….๐ณ๐ค๐๐๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ฉ
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Got to do something…
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Yes indeed, and quickly too!๐ณ๐๐๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ฉ
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Ni wonder you’re tired of thinking! Thats a lot of things to think about! I am especially impressed by the arrangement with the rental truck. It seems difficult to arrange, but not really so hard. But! If you know that going in… you can turn it to your advantage!๐๐๐
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Yep, lots to think about, lots of questions, but not enough answers and not enough ways out of this…so that we’re still alive in the end. Too bad this rental truck didn’t come with a car in the back. Hmm, that wouldn’t help, they would still know it’s us. Sometimes I think they know in advance what we are doing, but how? Only the 4 of us know any plans we make. Hmm….๐ค๐ค
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That could only mean that one of you 4 is giving things away! Are you sure Muffin is really Muffin? An imposter perhaps ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐คฏ
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It is Muffin, can’t fool Mr. Cat on that one! He would know right away. But in the next chapter we find out some more details.๐ค๐ณ๐๐๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ฉ
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Then who could it possibly be?๐ค๐ค
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I have it narrowed down to 2 possibilities.๐ค๐ฌ
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๐ค๐ค I wonder if it’s….. Oh my!! No way ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ
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There you are. Yep, it just might be!
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Oh my…๐คฏ
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My non thoughts exactly.
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I know! But why? They must have a reason!! ๐ฌ
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It’s treachery, pure and simple.๐ ๐
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It must be! I never thought until now…. ๐๐คจ
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Money does strange things to people.๐ณ
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Yes it does! It looks like the snow missed us
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Snow? There’s no snow in my story.๐ค๐
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Oรฒops you’re right! My memory again ๐๐
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I thought so.๐
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All this thinking for you is using up my memory..๐ค
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Maybe you could get some external memory to plug in.
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I forgot where my usb port is though๐ค๐ค๐ฅด๐ฅด
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Try your ear.๐๐
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But my hearing aid??๐
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Hmm, good point. We missed that snow here too. I wonder where it went?๐ค๐ณ
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As long as neither of us get it who cares!?? Heheh๐คญ๐คญ
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That is a point, see, you’re still thinking!๐ฅณ๐คธโโ๏ธ
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You’re right!! I wasn’t even trying!๐ฒ๐ฅณ
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Even better!๐๐ฅณ๐คธโโ๏ธ๐
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Woooo whooo!! Did you get your stuff done today??
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Um, define “done”.
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Completed?? No more to do?
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Um, well, uh, hmm, um, let’s see, uh, almost. Sort of. Somewhat. Um, getting there, um….๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐
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As long as you keep plugging away there’s nothing wrong with not finishing it all. I went and bought some groceries… that was my big excursion for today.
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Not bad. I washed clothes/bedding today. Also washed the floors. Plus paperwork, sigh. Plus this, that and the other thing.
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Those other things can be the pits!! Ugh… I did one load of laundry so ylu out worked me today…
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Yep, mine was two loads. But you went shopping, so that evens out. But I washed floors, so that puts me one ahead. I also danced around on the deck with no jacket, hat, gloves or boots.
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Well… look at you go!!!๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ
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Yep, I was flying today! Got new batteries.๐๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐
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Ahahahah๐๐๐๐๐
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Thank you, thank you!๐๐๐๐
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You make my day! ๐๐
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You don’t say.๐๐
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Did to… did to!!๐
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Did too, did too!๐๐
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You’re just a regular everready bunny!!๐๐
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Hmm, I almost said the same thing. Good thinking.
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There I go again!!๐๐๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ
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I really like it this way, we must do another month.๐๐๐๐
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I thought you might feel that way… I suppose I could do another month… I’m concerned about my memory… I could be thinking things I thought of before over and over๐ฒ๐ฒ
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Sounds like a normal day for me.๐คช๐คฃ
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Hehehe๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ but you didn’t have to think about!๐
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I never usually do.๐คฃ๐๐คฃ๐๐คฃ
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You’re Welcome!๐
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Thank you. Now it’s off to bed for me, well, almost sort of very soon. Good night Dusty!๐๐ฅฑ๐ด๐
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Good Night! It was very kind of you to spend some time with me this evening๐ sleep well๐
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Thank you too, talk tomorrow!
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Yes for sure!๐
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Stranger by the minute ! Canโt wait for the next chapter ! โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐๐ผ๐ฉโ๏ธโ๏ธ
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Yep, a lot going on and both sides are after us and wouldn’t mind killing us to get this Jade Cat back. Sometimes I think they know ahead of time what we are going to do. But how?๐ค๐ณ๐๐๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ฉ
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This Sabine seems very clever! But do we know her? ๐ง The situation may be very troublesome but Iโm glad Muffin is ok ๐ป๐ป
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Is Sabine really Sabine or someone else? An interesting thought. Yes, Muffin is okay again, but, trouble lies ahead for our little group.๐ณ๐๐๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ฉ
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hmm, that’s a lot of mind work with so much people ๐ธ๐ you are making a hit series here ๐ Sabine is smart ๐ค but you guys are smarter than her, I’m sure you will find a way ๐๐ค excited to read next one ๐
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But can I outsmart Sabine? And what about the police? Are they truly the police or working for Sabine?๐ค And who is Sabine?๐ณ And we are supposed to be working for the police too, but they can’t help us.๐ฌ We are totally on our own right now!๐ค๐ณ
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how could police help you,๐คwhen you have national treasure ๐คand who is Sabine ๐ค๐คจ she definitely works for someone ๐ and you should find that soon, or else who knows what they could do to us ๐ณ๐ค nice way the story goes๐๐
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Yep, the only thing the police want to do is get that national treasure back, even if it means shooting us! Sabine also wants to kill us. But there is a few top undercover police from different countries who we are working for, but they can’t help us because that would hurt what they are doing.๐ณ๐ Our only hope is to capture Sabine and that won’t be easy.๐ฌ Check the next chapter for more info!๐
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Exactly, then why would you keep it with you ๐ค Sabine wants to kill you ๐คจ Now u need to make a trap so Sabine gets stuck into that web and u could hunt her like a spider ๐๐ I’m waiting to read that exciting chapter ๐ค
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I need to keep it with me or Sabine would kill me right away.๐คช And who knows if I can go back to get it.๐ฌ And now everything is changed so we need a new plan again.๐ค๐ More twists on the horizon!๐๐พ๐พ And you thought it was almost finished!๐ณ๐๐
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more twist,๐๐๐ that’s exciting ๐ค can’t wait to read next, have you posted that already ๐ค sorry if I didn’t checked that out yet, having some time management issues here ๐๐คฃ๐ have a good night ๐ฅ
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Yep, chapter 13 came out yesterday! And wait until chapter 14 comes out, WOW! But no hints.๐๐๐๐๐๐น๐น
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that’s bad ๐งno clue ๐ณ๐ let me guess… hmm ๐ค๐ค I found it ๐ ๐ and I won’t tell you ๐
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Good for you Simon, I knew you could figure it out!๐๐ธ๐ณ๐๐ฌ
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