For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
I thought Kat was going to hit me! “It’s just an act,” I told her, “we posed as a newlywed couple to hopefully throw off the organization we were up against. It didn’t work too well. They seemed to know everything we were doing before we did it.” “Yes,” said Candace, “there is a serious leak in our organization that we have to stop quickly.” At that point Baldwin could see that Anthony was falling asleep, so he took him to the room at the back of the plane that had a bed. “I just don’t understand it though,” said Candace, “how did anyone find out some of this information?” “I was wondering about that too,” I added, “little clues along the way kept pointing in one direction. That direction was toward your brother.”
“But he doesn’t know I’m alive,” said Candace, “no one does.” “I disagree with that,” I said, “your family has been killed one after the other, until now there are only 3 heirs to your dad’s fortune and organization. That is you, Anthony and your brother. It was all set up to kill you and Anthony together in that house. And to kill the cats and I too since we had gotten in the way and could expose all this to the police. So we had to be killed as well. You’ll notice that no one has ever tried to kill your brother.” “I thought it was because he had nothing to do with our family or the business,” said Candace quietly.
Baldwin came back and said Anthony was sleeping. “Did you explain it all?”, he asked. “Not quite,” I said, then I turned to Candace, “you and Anthony are going into hiding while Kat, the cats, and I, go back to deal with things.” Candace just looked. Then I told her the whole story. She continued staring, then said, “you need me along Steve, it won’t work otherwise. And don’t worry, I know my job, I’m well trained, and I made a promise to dad that I would protect Anthony and you, no matter what. And that’s what I’m going to do. I agree with having Anthony go into hiding, I just hope it works.”
“It will work, none of us will know where Anthony is going, except Baldwin, who will be going with him, therefore no one will be able to find him. We’ll be landing soon and the 3 of us, with the cats, will get off, then the jet will continue it’s journey. But you still have a few minutes to change your mind.” “I won’t be changing my mind, I’m in this to the end, whatever that is,” she said with determination. Soon the jet touched down at an airport and off we went while the jet took off to it’s destination. A car was waiting for us and soon we were driving toward our destination as well. “By now they know we were not killed in that explosion, so they will be looking for us,” I said, “and most likely watching your organization’s headquarters, but somehow we need to get in there.”
“I know a secret way into the building Steve,” said Candace, “there’s an underground tunnel from another building, and that building is not one of ours, so no one should be watching that one, unless…. Mew.=Oh, secret tunnel, more fun. Mew,mew.=Me getting to not like secret passageways, always lead to trouble. Mew.=Hmm, you have point, but look like we going that way anyhow. Mew,mew.=Yep, we going to turn into ghosts yet. Mew?=You still trust human Candace Honey? Mew,mew=Yep, still trust her that she good, but not sure she able to do job this time. Mew.=Me too think so, I say she hesitate at end, we need to watch. Mew,mew.=Yep, me agree.
“And how come I can’t understand what you are saying right now?”, asked Candace as she looked at the cats. “Don’t worry,” I said, “they are talking in mew instead of meow, I even have a hard time with that one.” Candace just looked puzzled again. “But why are they doing that?”, she asked. “Because they don’t want us humans to know what they are saying. Probably they are going over their part in this next phase.” She still looked puzzled but seemed satisfied. We stop at a hotel in a small town, they only have one room available, which seemed a bit odd, but at least it was a large room. There was a lot of people walking around in the hotel. We ordered some food brought to the room, then it was time to sleep. The cats and I took turns watching, I didn’t want any surprises from outside…or inside.
To Be Continued.
Pictures of M.C. are kindly supplied by his human, Nina.
Previous chapters of this story, and other stories, can be found on my home page under “The Investigators, Inc.”
Β©2021 Steve McLeod.
Tunnels, bombs, people you’re not sure you can trust!!! What are you trying to do to us readers??? Give us a heartattack??π¬π¬π€¨π€¨π²π³
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Exciting, isn’t it? π Hey, I’m 100% positive I can trust Candace, it’s just…I’m not quite sure.π€ππΎπΎπ©π±ββοΈπ΅οΈββοΈ
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See?? I knew it!!ππ
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Lucky guess.π
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Ha!π We’ll see what happens in the coming chapters!π€π€
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Not much time left, the end is coming!
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Then we better get this Kabul and destroy it!!π€¨π€¨
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No need to rush, we have plenty of time to get blown up.π³π£π₯
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Then let’s get going!!ππ
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Something terrible has to happen first.ππ£π₯
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Not the wife!! You just got married!!π€¨
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What you talking about, I’m not married, Lena died, remember? The marriage to Candace isn’t real.π
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Oh yeah… that’s right! I think!π€π€π¬π¬π
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But something terrible is going to happen, and actually already has happened, we just don’t know it yet.π²π²π£π₯
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Not the Boy??π€¨π€¨ You wouldn’t!!π²π²π³π³
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How could anything happen to little Anthony? He’s with Baldwin and Baldwin is my best friend, I wouldn’t kill him off.π³π³
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Do I know that??π³π²π²
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Haven’t you been reading?π€
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What does that have to do with it?? You’re a PI you suspect everyone always!! You said that!! Did to did to!ππππ
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No, I only suspect those on a case, Baldwin isn’t on a case so I never suspect him. But I suspect everyone on a case, including me! (except the cats of course).π€π
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A good thing too!! Rumor has it Muffin has been teaching Mr. Cat how to sharpen his teeth and claws!! Chomp Chomp!!ππ
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No rumor about it, I’m just wondering if my feet will ever be the same again.π³π³π¬πΉπΉ
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Not anymore…..π€π€π€π€π€π€
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Ha and Ha, and Har and Har.
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You forgot the heheheπ€π€π€π€π€πππ
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He and He.
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Thank You!πππ
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It is with my greatest pleasure…almost.π
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Hey…. it’s all in fun.π Right?
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Most posilutely! Notice my smile?π π
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Okay.. I’m sorry if I was unkindπ
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You shouldn’t call yourself unkind, that’s not nice. I would never do that. I knew it was a yolk!πππ
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Eggxactlyππ€π€π€π€ Good Nightππ
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How was your day?? Lot’s of pics?
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Nice day, very smoky, suddenly cooled off this evening, went from 80 to 67 as a cold front came through. I got a few pics plus a few more, and a few more again.
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Cool! Will ee see them soon?π
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Have to sort them first, so probably not until Wednesday.ππ·
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Great!
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What’s the plan??π€¨π€¨ We need to figure this out!!π€π€π€
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I know what I’m doing, kinda. Do you have this figured out yet?
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I kinda gave up trying to out guess the writer π€·π . Even if I’m right you change the story so I’m not! But! If I had to guess I would say that it’s the brother and Candace trying to bump of the okd man!
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Ooooo, very good guess. And don’t forget, Candace never liked the second wife of her dad or Anthony jr. I figured she was worried she would be left out of inheriting anything. So she would also be angry with her father. And so is the brother.
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Now you’re just saying that!!ππ trying to make me believe…. then whoops!! You pull the rug on me!!π€π€π€πππ¬π¬ So I’m really right?π²π³π€―
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I didn’t say you were right, I said it was a good guess…but…you could be right! Just have to wait for that all telling final chapter!π³π¬π¬
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I am I am! When does it come out?? Tomorrow??
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I was thinking of waiting until Wednesday, add a little more suspense to it.ππ
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Suspense? Suspense??? Is that what you call it?? That would be more like torture!!π€¨π€¨π¬π¬
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Yeah, fun isn’t it!ππ
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No!! It’s torture!!ππ
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How about that, must write that down.π€π
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Yeah…. put it on the calendar!! 1st day of torturing Dusty!!ππ
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Oooooooo, good idea! Thank you!π
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Oh sure then make fun of me!!πππ
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I thought you were doing that already?π€π
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Yeah!! So??π€¨π€¨ I allowed cuz it’s me!ππ€
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Thank you so much!π
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You’re welcome so muchπππ
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You’re too kind.ππ
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Thank you.π
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Time for bed again, good night Dusty! Sleep well, you don’t want to be tired at work tomorrow! Talk tomorrow too, maybe even three!π€ππππ΄π΄
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Okay!π Thanks for spending the evening chattingπ I would miss it very much if we didn’t. Good Night Steve π΄π₯± 3 times tomorrow would be great maybe even.more would be betterππ
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It appears that I am right ! Even the cats know whatβs what ! Are Baldwin and Candace related ? In what way ? Why are the cats speaking in mew instead of meow ? Be wary Steve , MC and Muffin ! βοΈβοΈπΌπΌπ€π΅οΈββοΈπ© The writing is on the wall ! βπ»
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Are you sure? Baldwin is related to Calanthe, not to Candace. I’m not sure why they spoke mew instead of meow, they obviously still trust Candace, but perhaps they don’t want to worry her for some reason. Lots more to come. Stay tuned!π³π©π±ββοΈπΎπΎπ΅οΈββοΈ
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Ah, the plot thickens!βοΈβοΈπΌπ¬
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Yes indeed, and more surprises yet to come!π³π©π±ββοΈπΎπΎπ΅οΈββοΈ
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Oh, oh!
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Yep.
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