For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
I know we have to hurry so we can catch Cinnamon off guard, but I also want to make sure we stay as safe as possible. First I go downstairs to tell the others to stay in the living room and not go wandering around anywhere. I try to explain things to them a little so they know how dangerous it is right now, but I don’t want to say too much and give away our plan. I don’t know how much I can trust these people, though I’m quite sure they are innocent in all this, they just came to hopefully find a ghost. I have M.C. with me so he can watch my back, I don’t want anyone sneaking up behind me.
But apparently there is only Cinnamon and a man named Rob, the only other 2 were Jo and Brandi, plus Susan. And we have those 3 now. But Rob has a machine gun, so we have to be extra careful. And Cinnamon has the boy as a hostage to use against us too, which is the worst thing. I don’t want any harm to come to him if at all possible, but from what Brandi has told us, that might be hard. M.C. and I go back upstairs to plan things with the others. Cinnamon and Rob will be in one of 2 hidden rooms in the house, and there is only one way to get into the main room which is likely where Cinnamon would be right now.
That’s the room where they listen to us and operate the cameras. It’s those cameras that are the biggest problem as they can see us coming for them. We have to reach the basement, that’s where the door is to their room, but we have to pass 4 cameras to do that. If they see us coming they will kill the boy for sure. If we try to block those cameras they will still know we have found them and are coming for them. No matter what we are beat. “We could just go down to the kitchen for tea,” said Kat, “then have someone suggest checking the rooms for any hidden passages, that way they wouldn’t know we are on the way to their secret room.”
“That’s a good thought,” I said, “but then we would have to leave those women alone, and I’m don’t like the idea of leaving Brandi alone with the others, even if they are all handcuffed.” “One of us to stay behind to watch them,” said Annelie, “that way it wouldn’t looks suspicious either.” “That’s true,” I said, “but it could be dangerous for the one staying behind.” “I don’t mind,” said Annelie. Meanwhile in that secret room…”I don’t like it,” said Cinnamon, “I don’t like not knowing what they are talking about. I still think Brandi talked, somehow she talked, and they are making plans, I just know it.”
“But how could she talk?”, asked Rob, “we have listened to everything they said, it was a great idea putting listening devices on those two.” “True, my ideas are always great,” she said, but as she was about to say something more, she stopped and thought a moment. “How come that machine of theirs blocked both of our other listening devices, but not the ones on the girls?”, she asked Rob. He thought a bit, then said, “that is odd, those devices should have been blocked too.” “That means they wanted us to listen, it was all a show,” she said angrily, “Brandi did talk! She’ll die for that and so will this brat, get him for me!” Rob did right away. “You’ve been with us too long kid,” she said, still angry.
“Okay, grab that gun of yours and lets get going, we’ll hit them before they hit us,” said Cinnamon. “Steve!”, exclaimed Kat. I turned to see Cinnamon and her friend with his machine gun. He opened fire. We never had a chance to do anything. Muffin rolled under a chair and M.C. rolled over by a wall and while Rob was shooting into the bedroom across the hall M.C. let loose! Thwock! Rob fell to the floor. Cinnamon started backing up and shooting as she went. M.C. squealed but let go with one more shot as Cinnamon turned to go and he hit her hip. She yelled in pain but kept going. She had another secret passage that only she and Rob knew about. I couldn’t move.
The cats came over and I told them to check Kat. They come back with heads down. Meow,meow.=We not think human Kat with us anymore. “Muffin, lie on her chest and purr loud,” I barely could say. She did right away. “M.C., call Baldwin,” then I just lay there on my back. Baldwin had been waiting for our call, but he wasn’t expecting this…”All shot, come fast.” Baldwin was shocked for a moment, then waved his arm out his car window and a line of police vehicles and ambulances raced down the road to the house. M.C. was now lying on my chest purring loud. I heard Baldwin talking, but I couldn’t move.
To Be Continued.
Β©2021 Steve McLeod.
You said it was a good surprise !!π€¨π€¨π€¨ not that everyone would get shot!! Where’s the boy??? And all the other girls?? Were they in the same room?? Oh my!!π²π²π³π³π³π€―π€―π€―π€― This is all too much!!! I need to lay down!!πππ°π° This is terrible!!
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Well, yesterday I said a good surprise, but I rewrote the chapter. We were all in the same room. Everyone was shot, even M.C., but Muffin escaped unharmed. M.C. was just grazed on his leg, that’s why his aim was off with Cinnamon. But she’s injured anyway.π³π±ββοΈπ±ββοΈπ©π©πππ΅οΈββοΈ
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I am glad to hear MC will be alright. But Kat?? Was it really her? Was is Jennifer pretending to be her? I have to keep reading now!!π¬π¬ππππ²π²π²π²
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It really was Kat. I don’t know about Jennifer and Annelie, or Brandi.π³π³
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I hope those captives didn’t get away!!π³π³
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If they did, they had to hop. But Cinnamon wanted everyone killed. Guess we’ll have to wait and see. We certainly didn’t expect this. Maybe it’s time for a new job.π¬π¬
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If you survive!!π€¨π€¨π
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We’ll see tomorrow what happened to everyone, how many survivors, where the little boy is.π³π
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Yes!! I forgot about him this time!! Ooooo….. This is getting hard to take!!π¬π¬
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And me laying on the floor not able to move and help anyone. Why can’t I move??π²
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Hmmmm let me guess!! Um…hmmm um oh yeah I know!! No wait that isn’t it! Ohhhhhh yeah had to be ….. nope on second thought it isn’t that eitherπ€π€π€π€ give me a hint??ππ
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Might have something to do with being shot.π€π€
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Really??π€π€π€ Hmmm I was thinking it was your back!πππ Yeah I suppose that could do it…ππ
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Maybe it’s a combination?π€π€π¬π¬
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Yeah…. I don’t know… you’ve been shot before and could still move… I think you twisted and herniated a disc!!
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Unless I was shot on the spine!π³π³π€―π€―
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What??? That would be a lucky shot!!π your spine is only a few inches wide!!π I guess I’ll need read tomorrow’s chapter to find out!!πππ€π€
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Don’t forget I was shot next to my spine before!π³π€
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You’re right!!! That bullet must have shifted!!π²π²π³π³π€―π€― What are the chances of that happening???π³π€― whoa!!!!!
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I know, this could be bad, very bad. Even worse than bad.π³π³
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Yikes!!! Did you call Baldwin?? He’ll know what to do!!π³π³
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Baldwin was there, I’m sure he will get things set up for the survivors.
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Oh good!! Someone that knows what to do! That’s really fortunate!!π¬π¬
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Yes, I wasn’t expecting him to be there, but he was too worried about this one to stay away.
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Good thing!!π
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Yep, he just knew something wasn’t right and knew we would be in big trouble.π He was right. How come I didn’t see that coming?π€ I’m the PI, not him, I should see these things.π¬π³
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Did you have your glasses on?? This just came through btw
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How strange. It’s dark, maybe it got lost on the way.
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I’d go with that one!!ππ
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Me too.
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Good Choice!ππππ
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That’s gonna make it tough to do your PI work!!π²π²
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Yes, that’s very true. From now on easy cases for us. Mind you, this looked like an easy case…π
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It was wasn’t it!! π²π² Maybe take on tougher ones! Then you know what to expect!!
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Hmm, you might have something there. All our easy cases turn out hard, so take a hard case and it will turn out easy. And if it doesn’t I can blame you.ππ
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You’d give me the credit?? Wow!! How nice of you!!ππππ I’m gonna tell my friends!!ππ
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Sure, why not, it was your idea, it’s only fair.π³ππ
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See?? You can be kind and nice and generous and..and.. well.. all kinds of other stuff!! You’re it!!πππ
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And besides, it keeps me out of trouble.ππ
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Well let’s not get carried away… that’s a big leap!!π€π€
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I can leap with the best of them! Especially when it’s downhill.ππ
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LOL π π π€£ Yeah I’ll bet!!ππππ
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Well, I am confused now…Kat is dead ? I donβt believe you can live through machine gun fire…of course I could be wrong !…how much can your body take…you have been shot before…hmmm…must wait and see ! βοΈβοΈπ΅οΈββοΈπ©πΌπΌβοΈβοΈ
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Kat’s heart stopped, that’s why I had Muffin lie on her and purr, so hopefully she will live. I don’t know about anyone else yet. I can’t move which is not a good sign. Yes, I have been shot too many times now. It was not a large machine gun, maybe it wasn’t, it was Cinnamon that called it that. But how many survived? What happened to Cinnamon? Tomorrow will tell.π³π±ββοΈπ±ββοΈπ©π©πππ΅οΈββοΈ
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