For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
The night went by quickly. I was going to get dressed so we could get out of here but someone had taken my clothes. Lena went to see about it but no one knew what had happened. My clothes should have been here in the room. My ID was still here, I had given that to Lena to look after, that was a good move. So now we have to wait for stores to open and Lena will go buy me some new clothes. Meanwhile the hospital staff would be looking for my clothes. I doubted they would be found however. Someone stole them, but why? Maybe they thought my ID would be in my pockets? It just seems strange. Hmm, now that Lena has gone with 2 of the guards to shop, I decide to talk with the cats.
“Okay you two,” I started off, “what do you think of all this? First, what do you think of Lena?” Meow,meow.=We think human Lena okay, she really is helping. And I think she like you too. Meow.=Yep, definitely like you, and she genuine, no problem. “Okay then,” I continued, “what about Baldwin?” Meow.=Me think that human Baldwin okay too, he really want to help. And human Calanthe okay too. Meow,meow=Yep, me agree, no problems with them. Human Baldwin become good friend. “Hmm, okay, what about the doctor here?”, I ask. Meow,meow.=He good doctor, not bad guy. Meow.=Yep, me agree.
“What about Baldwin’s men?”, I ask. Meow.=Not seem to be a problem with them either. Meow,meow=Yep, me agree, they okay. “Hmm, no suspects then,” I said, “so what about people from past cases, if someone wants me dead or in prison, then it must be someone we know, so think about our last cases, is there anyone that stands out, that might hate us enough to kill us? I just thought of something, someone might be listening to us right now.” Meow,meow.=Not worry, I plug in scramble device so no one can listen to us. “We have something like that?”, I ask. Meow.=We have lot of things to use and this one work real good. Meow,meow=We try to think of someone, but can’t think of anyone. Most dead or in prison, except human Gisela.
Meow.=And I not here for early cases, so not much help there. But maybe is human Gisela, she real bad and she hate you. “Hmm, and I can’t remember a thing about her,” I said, “except from what you told me before, this does sound like something she would do. But how do we find her? I think Baldwin has already been looking for her…and…” I just sat there in bed staring again. The cats watched me, not sure what they should do, so they waited to see what would happen. Mr. Cat was set to go into action to stop me if needed. My mind was swirling, pictures, people, talking, names, hotel, burning. “My head is going to explode!”, I yelled and grabbed Muffin.
“Thwock!”, and I was out again. Lena and the guards came in at that moment. “What’s going on?”, asked Lena. Meow.=Human Steve going to hurt Muffin, had to give him time to sleep with rubber ball again. Muffin wasn’t hurt, physically, but she felt so bad that her human would try to hurt her. She lay down and cried. Mr. Cat came over and started licking her face. Meow.=Muffin need to remember that human Steve not himself right now. He not do this, it someone else that made him forget, that who did this. Muffin looked over at me, then came and gave me a hug. Meow,meow.=You right Mr. Cat, that not my human did that. And we going to find out who did it!
I woke up after a while, got dressed and we were out of there and on our way to the airport. Soon we were on Baldwin’s private jet heading back to our chateau. “Do you cats remember a burning hotel?”, I ask. Meow,meow=Yep, in real early case with Jessica and… “Hey, that’s one of the names I remember,” I said excitedly, “and Trish.” Meow,meow=Oh, human Trish is bad twin of Jessica, we send her to prison. “Any other names Steve?”, asked Lena who was also excited now. “I’m trying to think,” I said, “but things are blurry, hard to see.” Time went fast and we were pulling up to the chateau. Calanthe and Baldwin were outside and came over right away. It seemed safe once more, but does it matter? I’m still nowhere.
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.
You better figure it out soon or you’re not gonna have any friends or co-workers left to help you!π¬π―π²π³
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I think Baldwin has his own private army of workers to help us!ππΊπΊ But we’re getting closer.π³ππ I think.π€ππ¬πΎπΎπ©π΅οΈββοΈ
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I hope so!π¬π¬
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Yes, me too.π³ππ
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Nice day for you?
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Oh, there you are, thought you fell asleep. Yep, nice day, warmer today and sunny this afternoon so I got a walk in down to the river.
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Great! We had low 60’s today. The Oak trees are budding now! One more week and it’s back to nice 90 degree temps! Ahhh… I can almost feel it now…πππ
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Not that warm here, but nice anyway. You’re not really looking forward to such hot weather are you?π
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Yeah… I am! ππ maybe it will be low 90’sπ€π€
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I heard that some record cold weather is heading into that area next week.ππ
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No!!!π€¨π€¨π€¨ you take that back!!π€¨π€¨ I was looking forward to using the pool!!ππ
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Use a candle to warm yourself while you’re swimming.π€£π€£
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That’s gonna be kinda trickyπ€π€π€π€π€
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Not really, wax is waterproof.ππ
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But the flame isn’t π₯ ππ
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Always worried about little details. As they say in the old country, “a small flame will burn a forest, but a tiny speck will get in your eye.”
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Ahhhh but one little flame can light a million candlesππ
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I’d like to see you try that one! That would take one big candle. Speaking of big candles, I was just out there chasing Bouncer off my deck with a broom before he destroyed my main feeder and the deck railing with it!π²π»
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Hmmm… must be pretty dark out there this time of the NIGHT ππ€¨π€¨ππ
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Yep, completely dark, except I turned on the deck light.π‘ππ³π»
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Did you trip or slip??π€π€π€
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Not with a bear that size out there! He is big! And this is when he’s skinny, just think what he will be like in the fall!!π€―π€―π€―π€―π»π»π»π»π΅π΅π΅π΅π²π²π²π¬π¬π¬π³π³π³ππππ
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Ohhhhh….. so he’s already eying you up for dinner!! Hehehehe… better be bearful!!πππππ€£π€£π€£π€£π€£
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I’m bearly able to contain my laughter. Are you beary sure of that? You should have seen that sunset tonight, it was beartiful!πππ€£π€£
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I just bearly missed it!!π€£π€£
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Well, I’m beary tired so it’s time for me to go to beared! Bear in mind I will be back beary early tomorrow. Good night Dusty!πππ΄π€―π»π³
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I will try my beary best to remember that!ππ
Sleep π΄π₯±π₯±
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Did you go to bed?π€π΄
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What you mean? Your comments just came through.π
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Then there’s a big delay again!ππ oh well… be patient i guess
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Guess I have to, I’m not a doctor!πππΉπΉ
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Yes… but you may need one!!π€¨π 4 of your reies just came through now.
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Oh, how nice, glad to see they’re seeing their way to getting to you.ππ
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Yeah me too
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As they say in the old country, “getting a comment is like sitting in a tree.”
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And not getting one is like falling out of a treeππ
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Are you trying to steal my old country quotes?π€¨π€¨
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Nope! Just digging out my own old country sayings!πππππ
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As they say in the old country, “one old country saying is worth it’s weight in leaky canoes.”
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Okay you win again… I got nothin for that oneπππ
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YAYAYAY!!!π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π»π»π»π»π€ΈββοΈπ€ΈββοΈπ€ΈββοΈπ€ΈββοΈπππππ‘π‘π‘π‘π½π½πΌπΌπΉπΉπππ€π€ππππ
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Could you rub it on a little more?? Especially my lower back?π€£π€£π€£π€£
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And here I thought I might be overdoing it a bit. I’ll try harder next time.ππ
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Ohhh Please doo…πππππ
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I’ll write it down so I don’t forget. As they say in the old country, “if you can forget something, why didn’t you do it sooner?”
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I tried… but forgot how!!πππ
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How do you know you forgot? If you forgot, you wouldn’t remember that you forgot because you would forget to remember that you forgot about remembering to forget that you forgot.πππ€£π€£
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Ahh… forget it then!!π€£π€£π€£π€£
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I know the cats okayed the names put to them…hmmm…check to make sure the cats are REALLY okay and have not been βprogrammed β… take care ! βοΈβοΈπ΅οΈββοΈπΎπΎπ€
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I’ll just have to trust the cats are okay, they sure seem to be normal. But then, how do I know, I can’t remember what they are supposed to be like.π¬πΎπΎπ©π΅οΈββοΈ
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I think you’re getting closer And that probably means you’ll be more dangerous to those around you. Be careful Muffin
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Laughter, It’s a beautiful noise
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Yes, I think you could be right on that one. Yep, the cats need to be really on guard.
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You hurt muffin π§ not good, u better figure out this maze, there suppose to be an end to this puzzle… π§ who it was, who is it… who?? π΅ hope you’ll get a help soon…
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Yes, things are not going good here,π¬ππ must find a way to get my memory backπ€ and find out who is behind all of this.π And very quickly.ππΎπΎπ΅οΈββοΈπ©
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Yes, very quickly πΌ
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