For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
I’m sitting on the chair with a sore head and a lump on my forehead where Mr. Cat had hit me with his hard rubber ball. And that wasn’t even full strength. Lena had made us some tea and the cats were having a snack too. “Okay,” I said, “it’s time to do some serious talking here. Before it was Baldwin I wanted to kill, now it was you Lena, but why? Is there something you’re not telling me?” “No Steve,” she said, “I’m not holding anything back at all, I really don’t understand why anyone would want me killed. It makes no sense.” I look over at the cats. Meow,meow=I say she tell truth, not holding back anything. Meow.=I agree with Muffin.
“Sorry Lena,” I said, “but these cats have to be my memory and my present thinking until I’m back to normal.” “That’s okay Steve,” she said with a smile, “I understand that.” “Now, I can understand someone wanting to kill Baldwin, he has likely made some enemies over the years, even if he does things properly,” I said, “but right now I don’t feel anything at all concerning killing him or you. Something must trigger these reactions and…that’s it! Both times it happened was when I was holding a gun. Could seeing or holding a gun cause such a reaction?” “I don’t know if that’s possible, unless you were hypnotized,” said Lena, “but that seems really fast to hypnotize you in such a manner. Still, I don’t know anything about that anyway, so maybe it’s possible. And that probe might have been there to accelerate the process. This is all very strange and why kill me?”
Meow,meow=To frame my human for murder, someone do that before, her name Gisela. “Hey, that’s right,” said Lena, “that was just recently when Linnea hired you to help her clear up some strange things that were happening at her new chateau.” Unfortunately as they continued talking, none of this helped me at all, I still could not remember any of it. But I still think that the answer lies here in Germany somehow. “This is where things started, so this is where we need to start looking,” I said, “although I have no idea what to look for or how to even start. And the name Gisela means nothing to me.” Meow?=How about name of Karl? “Still nothing Mr. Cat,” I said. Meow?=Maybe Katharina” They all look at me, I’m just sitting there staring straight ahead.
Meow,meow.=Oh, my human not look right, something wrong. Lena waved her hand in front of me, but no reaction from me at all. She even shook me gently, but still nothing. Meow.=Maybe we bite legs, that work for anything. “Give it a try you two,” said Lena. So they did. Chomp! Chomp! “AAAAA!!!! Why did you do that?”, I said, rubbing my legs. Meow,meow.=Yep, always work good. Meow.=You go funny like, just stare. “Yes,” said Lena, “I even shook you and you just kept staring.” “Hmm, that is rather odd,” I said, “but what triggered such a reaction, and why?” Meow,meow=It happen when Mr.Cat mention certain name of person we sent to jail long time ago.
“Hey, maybe we should check on her and see if she is still in jail,” said Lena. So she called Rossana and Muffin meowed to her in Italian so I wouldn’t understand and she never had to use the name of the person, Rossana remembered right away. It didn’t take long and Rossana called back, but this person and her parents were still safely in prison. This is really starting to bother me. We continue to talk over previous cases but I still remember nothing. Lena whispers to Muffin and Mr. Cat and they move to different parts of the room. Then she gives me the gun again. I look at it. Pictures, people, come to mind, but nothing is clear, just like a dream. Suddenly I drop the gun, “my head, feels like it will explode!”, I yelled. Lena quickly grabbed the gun. Then I put my head down and ran for the window.
It caught everyone by surprise and there was no time to stop me as I crashed through the glass! We were on the second floor. Lena ran to the window. I lay motionless on the ground as people started to gather. I open my eyes, the room is bright, Lena is there holding my hand and the cats are on the bed with me. Lena explained, how I jumped out the window and I’m now in the hospital. Surprisingly there were no broken bones, just a sprained wrist, cuts and bruises, and a lot of pain in my back. It’s the next afternoon. The head doctor here had done an MRI and found that probe still in my brain, so he removed it. Lena showed it to me. Apparently it wasn’t a big deal to remove after all. Those other doctors were all in on this too. We talked a bit. I still can’t remember. I’m still nowhere…and scared.
To Be Continued.
Pictures of Mr. Cat are kindly supplied by his human, Nina.
Previous chapters of this story and previous stories can be found on my home page under “The Investigators, Inc.” and “20/20 Investigations, Inc.”
Β©2021 Steve McLeod.
Your stories are really great to read and enjoy Steve. I guess I can learn from you and your cats.
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Thanks so much James! I think on WP we can all learn a bit from each other! Have a great evening!
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You are welcome, Steve. You just maybe right on WP we all can learn a bit from each other. Hope you had a good sleep !!
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Yes, I slept very well last night, best in ages! Thanks. Hope you are doing well these days James, have a great day!
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Awesome !! Best sleep in ages way to go Steve ! I am doing alright all things considered. Have an interesting and exciting day, Steve.
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Good the probe is gone but so many more mysteries to solve! It was good you survived the jump and fall from the 2nd story. They are really messing with you in this story, Steve. Will have to wait for the next chapter. Who knows, there might be a probe or tracking device in your back?
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I have been wondering how they always know where we are going before we get there. The only time we didn’t see anyone was on our trip back to Canada. Did we really get away from them or were they just keeping their distance so they wouldn’t scare us?
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There is too much of a time gap that you cannot remember. ???? Have to see what is unknown, uncovered!
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Yes, this is getting hard!
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Scary!! It could cause you to hurt yourself again!!π³π―π²
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How do these people know where we are going before we get there? Do they have people working for them all over the world? What kind of organization is that? And what have they got against me?π³πππ©π΅οΈββοΈ
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The CIA??!!π―π²π³ They could do it!!π¬π¬
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But why do they want me?π€ I’m Canadian after all.π
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That might be it!!π―π²π³π¬π¬ You’re making them look bad!!
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Hmm, I guess we do track ’em down quite well.ππΈπΈ
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Yes you do!πππ
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We the best!ππΎπΎπ©
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Yes you are!! Muffin?? Hi how are you?
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Meow,meow=Hi human Dusty!πΊ
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Hi! Did you sleep well last night? Or did that big ole bear π» come stomping on your deck again?π¬
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Meow,meow=Bert back again, make noise, but it early, just at bedtime. He kinda cute puppy bear.πΈ
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Becareful with him.. he might not know his own strength.π¬
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Meow,meow=You should see my human with Bert, make Muffin go faint.π
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I saw the pictures!! He’s prone to doing silly things! Good thing you’re there to watch over himππ
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Meow,meow.=Like I going to fight bear?!ππΎ
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You warn him… that’s enough… if he still goes outside you can’t help it!πππ
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Meow,meow=That true, but if bear eat him, who clean my litter box?π
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You need to remind him before he goes outside..ππ (chomp chomp)
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I’m sorry, but this gibbbledy, biggley, person is no gibbeldy, biggledy at this, burgledy biggelwy, please hang up gurbledy burbbledy again.πππΉπΉ
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Uh huhππ what did you do with Muffin??π€¨π€¨
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She fell asleep.πΈπΈπ΄π΄
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Is that teeth chomping I hear??π€π€π€π€
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How can she do that when she’s asleep?π€
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She’s dreaming about what she’ll do in the morning!ππππ
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Probably have breakfast.π€πΊ
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Right after she sharpens her teeth and claws on your feet!!π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£
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Can’t imagine why she would do that?π€
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Uh huh…heheheπ€π€π€
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As they say in the old country, “a cat and her human are never far from the food dish.”
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And that’s a good thing!!ππ
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As they say in the old country, “a miff and a tiff can make one stiff.”
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Which could cause a riff!π
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But what’s the diff?π€π
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You’re not so stiff!πππ
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Hey, I used stiff already! But I must go to bed in a jiff! Good night Dusty!ππππππ΄
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Good Night π΄π΄
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This story is shaping up nicely. I haven’t got a clue. It is interesting though that when you get a gun you first try to kill Baldwin then Lena, then yourself. What connects these three dots? And how are all the doctors in this together?
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Laugh on the even and odd days, You can cry on the other ones
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Yes, that gun in my hand seems to make me want to kill the first person I see! I want to find out how they know where we are going before we go. Is there a traitor in the midst?
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Oh I’m sure there is. I just can’t decide who. Has anyone checked to see if you or the cats’ backpacks are bugged?
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Yep, the cats are always checking them to make sure. We started that plan a while back just to be on the safe side and because it’s happened before.
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arghhhh π§ Darn doctors, why can’t you bring his memory back, they are testing my patience π΅ Sigh .. there should be a way muffin, there must be a way… we kuat figure out π§. hmm π€ .. find out fast…
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Did you notice that every time I hold a gun I want to kill someone?π€π³ Why is that?π€π Who is behind all this craziness anyway?π¬π€ͺ More coming today!π€πΎπΎπ©
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So you are going to kill someone π΅ π€ Maybe you will, yes, you might, you may, you present , future tenses π€. Let’s see today βΊοΈ
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I hope I don’t kill the wrong person though, that wouldn’t be good at all. Have to wait and see what happens next.ππΎπΎπ©
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so you have decided to kill π±π±π± then I must read it..π
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No, no, I didn’t decide to kill, it’s only if I kill. I want it to be the bad guys, not the good guys.π²π²
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Uh.. so you don’t want to kill, but if you want to kill the killing should be the bad guys π€π have u done posting, let.me check π€
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Now you got it!π
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Well, at least the probe is out…but why is your memory still gone ? Something is out of kilter here…have to wait and see…βοΈβοΈπ΅οΈββοΈπΌπΌπ€
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It could take a while for my memory to come back, or perhaps things have been damaged too much and my memory will be gone for good. Still don’t know who and why.π€πΎπΎπ©π΅οΈββοΈ
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