For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
“Um, Steve, what happened to the basement?”, asked Kat. All 4 of us just stared out the door without going out of the room. “I don’t know, this is kind of weird,” I answered her. Meow,meow.=Danger out there. Meow.=Yep, I agree, can feel it. Before us was a long hallway, going both directions for probably 100 feet, then turned. There were no doors along the hallway, but it was well lit and painted white. I stepped out of the room, followed by the cats and then Kat came out. “Which way do we go?”, asked Kat. “I guess it doesn’t really matter,” I said, “so let’s go to the left for now.” Off we went, slowly, and I told the cats to just stay ahead of us. “I don’t like this Steve,” said Kat.
“I don’t really like it either,” I admitted, “that old couple must be part of a plan to trap us. But who is doing it and why?” “Are you saying you have run out of enemies Steve?”, asked Kat, “don’t forget there is still Gisela’s brother, and Anthony Jr out there. Anyone else I don’t know about?” “Well, the others are in jail still,” I said, “let me see if my phone works.” I decide to call Baldwin and had no trouble getting him on the phone. He told me to get out of here. But how? I could try blasting a hole through the bedroom wall, but I have a feeling that wouldn’t work. Using our code I asked Baldwin to try and track us and be ready to come to our rescue if necessary.
Hmm, I wonder if it’s an enemy of Baldwin that is after us? Probably not, I don’t think he has enemies. We continue down the hall. Meow,meow=Stop, something on floor. I get down to inspect it. I pull out an extendable stick from my pack and touch the floor with it. Several beams of red light shine across the hallway, one touches the stick and burns the end off. I pull the stick back and the red light beams stop shining. I wave the stick in the air over that same spot, but nothing happens. Obviously activated by stepping on the floor. It was a 4 foot section, so easy to jump across. “Can you jump that?”, I ask Kat. “That is barely a jump,” she answered.
Then the cats ran and jumped across easily, followed by Kat and I. We kept going to the spot where the hall made a turn. Really, it was just a door, which I opened, and there was our bedroom, just as we had left it. “That’s impossible Steve,” said Kat, “we just walked 100 feet, we should be well past our bedroom.” “Yes, I agree,” I said, “someone went to a lot of trouble here, but why, it makes no sense.” I decide to go over and check the regular bedroom door, but a steel door drops down closing it off. The same happened with the door we just came in. “Welcome PI Steve and crew, you are now trapped in a steel box with no way out, except by playing my game.” “Who are you and what is your game you want us to play?”, I ask.
“Who I am is not important right now, but if you want out you must play the game. First you need some more sleep, when you wake up you will have exactly 96 hours to find your way back to the nearest town. If you can do that, then you are free, if not, you will die. Have a nice nap.” I decided we should all lie down and we were asleep in no time. When we woke up, what a surprise! We were outside, in the forest somewhere. There was a canteen of fresh water for Kat and I, plus one for the cats, and 2 sandwiches each for Kat and I, plus some food for the cats. “My phone doesn’t work,” said Kat. “Hmm, neither does mine,” I said, “they must have locked them somehow. They don’t want us to use modern technology to find our way out of here.” “And where is ‘here’?”, asked Kat. “Good question,” I said. My watch said 4:05 pm, we have 4 days to find our way out…
To Be Continued.
Β©2021 Steve McLeod.
Better get a move on! Average of 2.5 to 3.0 mph is around 350 to 400 miles! And you’ll have lakes, swamps and rivers to cross! Better look for power lines and listen for train whistles! Btw… what time of the year is it?π€π€ could get cold at night! Better gather some dry kindling before dark!! Ohhhh I wouldn’t want to be you!!π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π₯Άπ₯Άπ₯Άπ₯Άπ₯Άπ₯Άπ₯Άπ₯Άπ²π²π²π²π²π²π²π²π²π³
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We’ll find out more about the time of year in the next chapter, but it’s the heat of summer time, and that means the biggest trouble is the mosquitoes at night! They can be deadly if there is any water close by. So we’ll have to make sure we sleep somewhere away from the water if possible. But that may not be easy. We sure don’t have enough food for 4 days, or water, but we might be able to drink lake water along the way, these small northern lakes usually have good water, most are spring fed. We can walk around lakes and swamps, though it means a longer route, but rivers are a different story. Who is behind this crazy “game”?π¬π¬π±ββοΈπππ΅οΈββοΈππ¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦ππ¦ππ¦π»ππ¦π¦πΊπ¦
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We’ll find out!!ππ
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That’s what I just said.π€ππ³
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Oh! WhoopsππSorryπ¬
You were right we’ll see when it comes out!πππ€π€
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Now you got it!ππ
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Either that or I was gonna get it!!π¬π¬ππππ
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Now who would do a thing like that?π€
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Hmmmπ€π€π€πππ I wonder!!ππππ€π€π€π€ππππππππ
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You too?
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Yep! Just can’t quite put my finger on it!! Right on the tip of my tongue π ππππ
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Careful, you might bite it that way.π¬π²π€―
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Too late!ππππ ouch!!ππ
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That’ll teach you for laughing at me.
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Slow learnerπππ¬π¬ππππ
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πππππ€π€π€
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I know!!!π€π€
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Who?π€
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Can’t remember now!!π€π€πππ dagnabit!! I hate when that happensππππ€π€
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That rememberer not working so good tonight?ππ
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Yeah.. I can’t remember to rememberππππ¬π¬
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Remember what?π€
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Exactly!πππ you too huh??ππ
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Me too what?π€π
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Toes?? Two toes?? Oddπ€π€ππ
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No, no, two is even, not odd.πππ€―
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Huh! You’re right!π€― good catch!!ππ
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Thank you, thank you! And I don’t even play baseball.
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I’ve always wondered how you make a ball out of a base and throw it! Odd sport!
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There’s 4 bases, so that makes it an even sport.π€£π€£π€£π€£
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For odd balls!!π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£
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It’s a game only for wealthy people, you need diamonds to play it.π€£π€£π€£π€£
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I never thought of it that way! But you’re absolutely right!! π€£π€£π€£
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That’s why I never play baseball.π
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Nope me either! Threw the baseball a lot but never played organized games.
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I did play unorganized organized games. Was up to bat once, whacked the ball good and hard, threw the bat which knocked out the catcher, the ball went straight up and came down and knocked out the umpire and I made a home run! For some reason I was banned from playing after that.π€π€ππ
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Well itstough to top that!! One at bat and a home run!! Batting a thousand!! Perfect!ππ
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I wonder why they banned me then? Guess I was just too good. Well, time for bed, good night Dusty, thanks for the chat! Talk tomorrow!πππ΄π΄
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Absoposidoodly!! Good Night π΄π₯± Sleep Good!
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LA LA LA LA LA ….π
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HA! I knew it!!π€¨
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What did you know??ππππ€π€
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What we were just talking about.
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What was that again? I forgotπ
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Huh! I can’t believe it! Forgetting right while we’re talking about it!π
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Talking about what??π€π€ππ
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I forgot.π
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Right well anyway… the price if tea in China is sure going up!!ππ
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Really? Good thing I drink coffee!πββ
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I agree! I can’t afford tea.. I’ll need to go back to coffee I guess! At least when I’m in China anyway!π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£
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I don’t use China anymore, breaks too easily. I need something stronger, like metal or stone. But it’s hard making a stone cup. Tried cardboard but it leaked after a while. Tried wood, but it wooden hold up too well. Tried steel and I steel have that one.
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Good thing you didn’t follow someone else’s Leadπ€π€πππ
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I’ll leaf it to others to take the lead.π€£
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Lead pipe cinch!!πππ
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I don’t smoke, Smokey.π€¨
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With all the fires going g o. Up there you don’t need to! Just breath!π¬π¬πππ
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True, not much different, that’s why I put straws in my nose.π€
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Straws?? How does that work?π€π€ππ
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I’m not sure, but I read on social media that it works, so it must be true.π€π€ͺ
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So are they filtered straws??π€ππ
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It said to stuff cotton balls in them so I did and passed out, but a pretty young woman came along and gave me mouth to mouth resuscitation. So I guess the idea worked okay.
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You must have looked like a Walrus!!πππ
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The straws being the tusks! Just to be clear.πππ
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I received a text at 530 this morning. My friend of 30 + years was taken to the hospjtal.. it turns out he has message which is the flesh eating kind and it’s near his heart and is/ was is heart failure. He’s doing a little better tonight. But we’ll see if he can battle that infection!
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That doesn’t sound good at all. I was at a friend’s funeral yesterday.
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I am sorry to hear that..
Yeah, I saw him Monday evening for a few minutes and he had a terrible cough. He has beaten message once before, but it took a lot out of him.
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I imagine that it would.π¬
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Yup! But he’s ornery enough he can do it!
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That’s good.
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Yep
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Dusty is right ! There are a lot of obstacles which could lead to deadly trouble ! I still believe that Kat knows more than you think ! Watch out ! πππ΅οΈββοΈπ©βοΈβοΈβΌοΈ
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Our worst problem I think is the mosquitoes at night, this is summer and they can be thick in the northern forest nights! Kat is okay, even the cats say so. But who is really behind this weird game?π€π±ββοΈπΎπΎπ΅οΈββοΈ
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Something’s not right with this whole situation! And mosquitos – yikes! π¬βοΈβοΈπ₯ͺ π₯
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Yes, there is something very strange here, but what is it? And who is behind it?π€π±ββοΈπΎπΎπ΅οΈββοΈ
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Whoa what a mess. And don’t spoil it Steve, I’ll haunt you down if you do haha
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Me spoil it? How could I do that? This is just getting started.π€π±ββοΈπΎπΎπ΅οΈββοΈ
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Ok. I’ll be keeping an eye on it
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hehehehehehe! I mean, that’s good!ππ³
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You’re a very suspicious person hahaha
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Well, maybe once in a while, sort of. Sometimes.π
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π got you
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Yep.π
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Now this is getting interesting
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Laugh It’s something to do do on a lonely day
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And who is behind it?
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