For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
I look around, the other Baldwin is standing at the bottom of the stairs now. “It’s up to you to get this finished Steve,” he said, “make sure John gets what he deserves. And make him talk.” “I will do that Baldwin,” I said. Then I remembered that one of John’s men had taken that first guard’s gun to hide it somewhere so it would look like Kat shot an unarmed man. And I’m sure he probably called the police by now. But what can we do? Try to run somewhere and hide out for a while? That wouldn’t help, it would just make us look guilty.
But if we stay here, we will be arrested for sure. Hmm, neither choice is a good one, there has to be something better to do. Right then we could hear the sirens coming up from the gate. “Now what?”, asked Kat. “We fight our way out,” I said, “we can’t let them catch us.” “Are you crazy Steve?”, she said, “we can’t fight the police!” “There’s no other way right now,” I said, “so don’t argue, just get ready.” “One of you on this side of the entry, the other on that side,” said Baldwin, and he disappeared.
We got in position, Muffin was with me and M.C. went with Kat. Finally the police came rushing into the large entry. “Watch out!”, yelled John, “they’re going to shoot you!” The police turned around and looked, but they could see no one. “Who is going to shoot us?”, asked the senior officer. “They are, those PI’s,” said John, but as he looked, he also could not see us anymore. He was very perplexed now. “Look,” he said, “my name is John Chandler, I’m a PI too and I’m trying to stop them from taking over the world.” “I thought you were Baldwin, you look like him,” said the senior officer.
“No, no, I’m just posing as Baldwin to stop him and these PI’s from their diabolical scheme to rule the world,” said John, “Baldwin’s sister killed him with poison, she worked for me, I had to do it to stop Baldwin. And I hired a man to shoot Steve’s wife Kat. They are both dead.” Then Kat and I come walking down the stairs and into the room. “I’m Steve,” I said, “and this is my wife Kat.” “No, no!”, yelled John, “that’s not his wife, his wife is dead, that’s his wife’s twin, they are identical twins!” “Oh,” said the officer, “so you are the twin sister of Steve’s wife?”
“No,” said Kat, “we are not related at all.” “Yes, that’s right,” said John, “they are not related, they are just identical twins, but their eyes are different colors, Baldwin’s sister Calanthe told me that’s how to tell them apart.” “And this Calanthe worked for you, the one you hired to kill Baldwin?”, asked the officer. “Yes,” said John, “that’s right, and I know that Baldwin and Kat are dead, I had the graves dug up and we checked the bodies to make sure, and the Kat in the grave wasn’t wearing contacts, so I know it was the real Kat, this woman is a fake, the identical twin to Kat.”
“Oh,” said the officer, “let me get this straight now. You hired a woman to kill Baldwin, and hired a man to kill Kat, the wife of this man here. And this is the identical twin of his wife, but they are not related. Plus you illegally opened graves and touched the dead bodies to make sure the people were really dead.” “Yes, yes,” said John, “I had to do it to stop these people, don’t you see?” “Oh yes,” said the officer, “I understand now.” “And be careful, watch his cats, they must be here somewhere, they are very dangerous,” said John, “they use slingshots and shoot people with muffins that kill.”
“Oh, I see,” said the officer, “now we have cats that can use slingshots and kill people with muffins. Uh, what kind of muffins, whole wheat, bran, maybe chocolate chip?” “Are you crazy?”, yelled John, “I’m always surrounded with idiots! And his cats also talk, so they are probably listening to us right now, they understand human language and can speak several languages too.” “Oh my,” said the officer, “they do sound very dangerous. I will make sure my men look for them right away.”
“Just look around here,” said John, “I was shot with a muffin, it hit me on my back and now I can’t move. They are hard like a rock those muffins, they kill people with them.” “Oh, that’s not good,” said the officer, “those must be very stale muffins to be so hard like that.” “You are an idiot!”, yelled John, “you’re all idiots! I’m telling you how it is, now go find those cats, you’ll understand then. Wait, there they are now, check their backpacks, look at their slingshots, you’ll see!”
To Be Continued.
ยฉ2021 Steve McLeod.
Think John is heading for a one-way trip to an asylum…
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Perhaps that is what he wants. He will be out again sooner than if he went to prison. John is smart, if he goes along with the doctors, he’ll be a free man again.
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Hmm good point
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John always seems to know how to manipulate things to his advantage.
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John is headed for. prison he is telling on himself and has lost all good sense.
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But it could be an act to escape prison and go to a psychiatric facility where he can go along with the doctors and be a free man much sooner than if he went to prison. Or perhaps all that pain is really getting to him and causing him to talk without thinking. Just never know with John. He never seems to stay in prison long.
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Looks like John caught himself!!๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ But is the real Baldwin really dead??๐ค๐ค๐๐ and what about Kat/Jennifer??
Are you really Steve or Rock playing Steve playing Rock playing Steve???๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐คฏ๐คช๐คช๐คช๐คช๐คช
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Yes, perhaps all that pain is making John talk without thinking. Or…maybe it’s a deliberate act to stay out of prison. He could instead land in a psychiatric facility where he could play along with the doctors and get “healed” of his problems and be a free man much sooner than if he goes to prison. I’m thinking that’s more likely, John never seems to stay in prison long, he’s always getting out early.
As John said, he dug up the graves and proved that Baldwin and Kat were dead. How could they survive so long in those caskets if they were alive?๐ณ๐๐ฑโโ๏ธ๐พ๐พ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
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Now that’s just creepy! Don’t say that stuff!๐ฌ๐ฌ
They could both have had an oxygen bottle! And Baldwin has enough employee’s to dig him and Kat up after John checked the Graves. Ah who am I kidding?? Baldwin and Kat are gone. It’s a projection that he used in his house.
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But the oxygen would have been noticed, and besides that would mean they were breathing, which would also be noticed.
But how could someone use a hologram like that? It was talking like Baldwin was actually there, and yet he wasn’t. Very strange.๐ฒ๐๐
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Recording!๐๐
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But how could it be a recording when no one knew what was going to happen? Something that bothers me is, how did John and his men get inside? We needed a picture of the key and the combination to get in. How could John get the combination when it was split between 3 people? Only Baldwin knew the whole combination, and he had it memorized, he never trusted things being copied down.
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Maybe the Dead Baldwin was really John!!??๐ค๐๐ง๐ณ๐ฒ Say…now that’s a wrinkle that just occured to me!๐ค๐ค
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What wrinkle is that? C’mon, speak up now! I need to know.๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ
If John was already dead, we wouldn’t be chasing him.๐ค๐๐๐
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Maybe Baldwin is pretending to be John!! I don’t know why he would do that though!!๐ค๐ค๐
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Um, yeah, that would be rather an odd thing to do, and rather pointless.๐๐๐
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I’m aware of that! But still…. who knows what his reasons are?
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Well, if he did that, he is now crippled quite badly, doesn’t seem worthwhile to me.๐ค๐
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True! But John is trying to stop you from taking over the World! Now why would he think that?๐ค Or was he just telling a story? But it makes him look crazy! ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐คจ๐คจ๐๐๐
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Exactly! He is trying to look crazy so he can make a plea of insanity and not be held accountable for his actions. He gets sent to a psychiatric hospital where after a year or two he is “cured” and he’s back causing problems for us again. I don’t trust him at all. I think the only thing that will stop John eventually is a bullet…or maybe a stale muffin.๐ณ๐ณ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ซ๐ซ๐น๐น๐ฃ๐ฃ
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Better not until he spills what’s going on…๐
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I want to know how he got into the house without setting off the alarm system. How did he even open the gate? What about Annelie? Who is she working for? And how does that fit into this case? Still a lot of questions.
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All good questions!! Now we have to wait again until tomorrow!๐ฅด๐ฅด๐ฅด why it’s almost like it’s planned this way!! Just when there’s about to be a clue uncovered…. bam! It’s the end of that episode!!๐๐๐๐ frustrating g really!!
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I know, it’s terrible! But the word counter comes on at a certain time and I have to stop there. So it’s not really my fault.๐ฌ๐๐
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Yeah..๐๐๐ I suppose๐๐๐คญ๐คญ
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Thank you for your understanding what I’m not understanding because if I was understanding what you’re understanding about my understanding than I could be understanding your understanding more than my understanding about my understanding. I think.๐ค๐ค๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ
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I understand… but still it’s just soooo HARD to wait!๐คจ I have all of these different ideas about what’s going to happen next and I just need to know if any are correct!! ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐๐
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I know, I’m the same way! Sometimes I guess right, but sometimes I’m way off. It is hard! This has been a tough case. Losing Kat, my best friend and Calanthe and Annelie turning against us. I’m glad Kat and the cats are still with me!๐ณ๐ณ๐๐๐๐
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Don’t forget Rock!! He’s gonna be very important and helpful!!
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Yes, that’s for sure! I’m glad he’s in the picture now.๐
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Did you get you feeder put together?
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It sure was cold today! Started off at 54 and dropped to 43, strong north wind, made it feel like it was 25!๐ฅถ๐ฅถ๐๐
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No feeder huh??๐๐๐ค๐ค
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No feeder. I’ve been fighting too much pain today, so haven’t been able to get much of anything done. Haven’t even been on here much today, can’t concentrate.
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I know of which speak!! I finally started to feel a little better today. If course it was 75 degrees so I think that helped alot! I did get my walk in today though.
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Glad you’re starting to feel better. I have already had my quota of pills today, the pain is still so bad, it will be hard sleeping tonight. I didn’t even want to eat today. I did have half a bowl of cereal tonight.
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Yep… it definitely can take your appetite away! Happens that way with me too…
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Time for me to sign off. Good night Dusty, talk tomorrow!๐๐บ๐๐ด๐ด
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Okay. Good Night Steve!๐ด๐ด Sleep Well
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For some reason I thought Annelie was dead….I am really mixed up…could be Rossana is a person of interest…as I said before , there is something really wrong ! Waiting for tomorrowโs chapter…๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ค
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Annelie managed to survive one of Kat’s deadly kicks, possibly because she was such a good friend of Kat, so Kat might not have been able to kick her hard. But Annelie appears to be working with someone we don’t know yet. Rossana never works with us on cases except to be our go to person for anything police related, never a problem with her. Yes, something is wrong still, but what is it?๐ณ๐ฑโโ๏ธ๐พ๐พ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
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Enjoyable read,interesting chapter….awaiting more! ๐
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Thank you so much!๐๐ฑโโ๏ธ๐พ๐พ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
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Great one Steve. Too bad John will get off on an insanity plea and be out of the hospital soon but the story for the police is great
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Take the road to Laughter
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Yes, John will be back again some day, there’s only one way to stop him.
Thanks so much Mr. Ohh!
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