For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
While the girls were getting ready for bed, and the cats looking out the window, I decided to check the news. Suddenly I drop my phone saying, “Noooooo”, and groaning. Kat came running over, as did Candace. With tears in my eyes I said, “take a look at the news.” Kat checked and she started to cry, then showed the phone to Candace. “How is that possible?”, said Candace quietly. Meow,meow?=Tell us, what happen? Kat turned and told them that Baldwin’s plane had exploded in a huge fireball about 5 minutes after takeoff. There were no survivors it said.
The remains of the bodies of the pilot, co-pilot, Baldwin and a young unidentified boy were found. “We failed kittens,” I said, rather choked up, “we failed big time. We lost Anthony and my best friend.” “It isn’t your fault Steve,” said Candace, “you did everything you could to keep Anthony safe. But I’m really sorry you lost your friend. I know, you’re wondering why I’m not crying too, but Anthony and I never really knew each other, not as family, we only met a few times, and to him I was just another employee of the company. But how did they know Anthony was on that jet?” I looked up. “Yes, how did they know, how could they put a bomb on that plane,” I said slowly.
“They wouldn’t need to Steve,” said Kat, “a man with a hand held rocket launcher could take down that jet easily. The main thing is how they even knew.” “They always seem to be one step ahead of us,” I said, “that would suggest someone is telling them. But I know that none of us are telling them. Sorry to say this Candace, but the cats and I have been watching you carefully to make sure you couldn’t send a message. That’s just part of being a PI.” “Yes, I know,” she said with a smile, “everyone is a suspect in a case.” “Yep, that’s about it,” I said. Meow!=Something strange, everyone leaving hotel in hurry. “Grab your stuff and let’s go!” I yelled to the girls.
“We need to get dressed,” said Kat. “No time, just take what you can and go!”, I said again. This is a small hotel, only 12 rooms, it was full, except for this one room. It was meant to be that way! The back exit was locked so I shot the lock off and out we went and jumped into our car. Meow.=Car okay, no one went near, I watch good. Then it hit me, why didn’t I see that before? “Toss your phones in the air, one at a time,” I said, “and quickly!” I did mine too, and I shot each of them. Then off we went. “That’s how they knew ahead of time,” said Kat. “Yes,” I said, “mine should be protected from that, but obviously it wasn’t.” As we pulled out of the parking lot the hotel crumbled in a series of explosions.
“That’s why all the people,” I said, “they set the explosives after we arrived, that’s why there was so much activity in there. Once they finished, they left in a hurry.” I quickly turned off the main highway that went through town when I saw the police heading this way with the fire truck and ambulance. The girls quickly got dressed while we drove. After they passed we turned back onto the highway. “Um, don’t you think it would be good to drive a little faster?”, asked Kat. “No, I don’t want to attract any attention,” I said, “but we should probably get a different car to use.” As we went on we came to another small town and a bus was waiting to leave. We quickly stopped and got tickets to our destination and soon we were on our way.
“This isn’t perfect though,” I said, “they will find our car sitting there eventually, even though I hid it around behind that old building with the other junk cars. But it might give us some time anyway.” Meow,meow.=Man and woman up front were in hotel. I tell the girls what we are going to do. We go up and Candace asks the bus driver to stop for 2 minutes because I was feeling sick. He sighed but stopped at a small pull off spot. I asked the man and woman to come with us and I showed them my gun. They looked at each other, but they came along. Outside I asked them who they were working for. They didn’t give the right answer, so I shot them with my dart gun. Then we pushed them over the edge of the hill and I tossed their phones away. We got back on the bus and I told the driver the other couple wanted to stay there, so off we drove. It should be getting light when we arrive at our destination.
To Be Continued.
Β©2021 Steve McLeod.
Baldwin?? π€¨π€¨ The boy??π€¨π€¨π€¨π€¨ Now what?? Muffin? Mr.Cat?π€¨ You’re slippin buddy!! Better stop and buy new clothes and shoes just in case they put trackers in them again?? How can I read the next chapter??ππ
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It was quite a shock, especially for me! We may have failed our assignment but we’re going to get the people responsible!π πΎπΎπ΅οΈββοΈπ£π₯
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I’m here to help if you need me!!πππ€¨π€¨
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Hmm, really looks like it.π€ππ
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ππ Thanks alot!!π
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Did you look at your unsmiley’s?π€¨
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That was my “I’m ready to battle” emojis!ππ
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Oh, that’s different then.π€π
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Good I’ll be waiting jump into action!ππ
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Get that trampoline ready!π¦
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Alrighty!! Do I get a cool sling shot like the Cats??ππ
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Would a plastic sword be okay?
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Lol if that’s what it takes π€£π
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But just think, you get to go first!
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First in last out!! FILO Can that be my PI name?πππ€π€
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In this case it might be first in and first out. I mean, you’ll be doing an important job, letting us know where the bad guys are hiding.π€π
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I can do that. I thinkπ€π€πππ¬π¬
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Sure, it’s simple, you go in first, the bad guys shoot at you and we find out where they are hiding.ππ
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That’s easy!! Why do I need the sword??π€π€
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Gives the bad guys something to aim at, it’s a glow in the dark sword. You get a glow in the dark badge too.
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What good are those in the daylight?? Are you sure you’re a PI??π€π€
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You forget, we will be in a dark tunnel.
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Ohhhhh…. I don’t do tunnels!! Nope uh uh no waysery bub!! You’re on your own in a tunnel!!π¬π¬π³π²π²
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You had a very short job as a PI. Too bad, I take back the glow in the dark plastic badge and sword.
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ππ I guess I’m just not PI materialππ
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Not everyone is cut out for the dangers of being a PI.
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I know…π It’s still a huge disappointment π
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If we ever need a GPPI for a daytime job, we’ll think of you.π€
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Really?π² You would do that?? Wow!! Thank You!!ππ
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My pleasure.
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Good Night Goof Ball!ππ
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But I don’t play golf.πβ³
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Might be something to consider?π€ππ
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I don’t like joining clubs. Wow, my eyes are burning, my throat is sore, the smoke is so thick I can barely see across the street, ash is falling all around, even coming through the screens on the windows. I think this is the worst yet!π³π¬π₯π₯π²π₯π₯π²π
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Oh no!π¬π² are the fires very close??
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Wow, it just keeps getting worse. It’s supposed to be from fires up north, but maybe I should check.
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You certainly should!
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What should I should? There’s 161 fires burning, but nothing near here, the closest is about 50 miles away.
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Can you get away somewhere to get a break from it?π€π
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I tried sitting on the deck, but it was just as bad out there. And the pieces of ash were bigger.
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The ashes were bigger outside?? Really Honest??π€π€
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Really, really, really honest.π€ͺπ€ͺπ€ͺ
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That’s good! You wouldn’t want those in the house!!ππ
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Yeah, I’d be tracking ashes all over the place.
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Not good!! Dirty socks and everything!!ππ
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Might have to go barefoot.π¬π¬
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Dirty bed sheets if you do that!π¬π¬π²π³
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Hmm, good thought, I’ll put the socks on when I go to bed!π
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Good thinkin!!πππ
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I think so.
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Me too!π
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I must call it a day, my head is throbbing, probably from the smoke, hope I can sleep tonight. Good night Dusty, talk tomorrow!
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Good Night π΄ I hope you sleep well! Talk for sure tomorrow!π
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I know you are!!ππ
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My managers Father went into the hospital over the weekend with covid. He had the full vaccine doses before so apparently it doesn’t provide full protection.
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No, that’s true, about 88% against the Delta variant, which means it’s still possible to get it, though it shouldn’t be as bad. But some people have died even after two doses. They are now saying that a third dose with Pfizer is almost 100% effective.
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I hope so…. I’m tired of this stuffπ£π£
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It does get a bit tiresome for sure.πππ²π²
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No kidding! We’re still needing to wear masks at work when out of our cubes!
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That’s good. We still have to wear masks everywhere indoors, except at home, at least until Sept 1st, and I imagine longer if that Delta variant gets going here too. Hard to believe the numbers in the US and Europe and Australia. We’re doing quite good here at the moment.
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Yep! Keeping that border closed longer was a good idea!
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Oddly, the majority of Canadians wanted it open in July.
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Hopefully it’ll save them the problem the US πΊπΈ is having now!
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Yes, I hope so too.
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Well, that took me by surprise ! I still believe Candace is up to something…and is Baxter really dead ? People can identify wrongly , by choice or by failure to check out the bodies thoroughly…I guess I have to wait and see ! βοΈβοΈπ΅οΈββοΈπππ©πΌπΌ
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Baldwin’s jet was the only one in the air, and it was his jet that blew up. No chance to escape something like that. We failed our assignment, but we can still get the people responsible, even if it includes Candace, though I don’t see how she could be involved, we have been watching her too closely. Next chapter will tell some things!π πΎπΎπ©π±ββοΈπ£π₯π΅οΈββοΈ
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What a lot of action in this chapter. My thought agree with Sharon, is Baldwin and the boy really dead? The news is not always right. Is Candace really who she says she is? So many questions and so few answers. I will have to wait for the next chapter.
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I suppose that’s true, but Baldwin’s jet was the only one in the air at the time, and they can prove it was his. And certainly no chance to escape that explosion. We had Candace (Honey) checked out thoroughly before and she is Anthony Sr daughter, and that’s what he said as well. That would be bad if she made it past our checking, we would certainly need to upgrade things in the future. Yep, more questions to be answered yet. We may have failed our assignment, but we will get the people responsible!π πΎπΎπ©π±ββοΈπ£π₯π΅οΈββοΈ
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Very thrilling story, the plane crash so sad ππΌπΉππ’ very well to read ππΌπΉ
Have a nice wednesday to you and dear Muffin πΉπππ
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Thank you so much for all your kind words! Today the story continues! It’s night for you now, so have a good night and a great day tomorrow!ππΊππββ
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Now Iβm following your story ππ»π·tomorrow morning I will see story π
Good morning to you and have a nice Dar πππ·
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Thank you so much, hope you have a great day too!ππΊπΊπ΅οΈββοΈ
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So welcome and a beautiful day to you πΉπβ€οΈπ΅
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