For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
“Come here kitty,” said the officer. “That’s Muffin,” said Kat, “and this is M.C.” “Oh, hi Muffin,” he said as he picked her up. Meow, said Muffin. “We think that’s her way of saying ‘hi’,” I said to the officer. “Oh, I’m sure it is, after all she hasn’t met me before,” he said, “can you show me how you use a slingshot?” Muffin just looked at him quizzically and said meow again. “These are nice backpacks you cats carry,” said the officer, “may we look in them?” Muffin meowed again. “Good, good,” growled John, “now you can find out what I mean by those deadly muffins they shoot.”
The officer searched Muffin’s backpack and found some kitty treats, a fuzzy ball and Muffin’s favorite mouse toy. Plus a little blanket and pillow for Muffin’s nap time. “Is this the deadly toy she shoots?”, the officer asked John. “Of course not!”, yelled John, “I’m going to report you for all this, you’re just playing around, arrest this man and his wife!” “But you said this wasn’t his wife,” said the officer. “Right, that’s right, you’re deliberately getting me confused,” growled John again, “now I demand you arrest these people!”
“I’m getting to that,” said the officer, “they are not going anywhere. I just wanted your side of the story first so I know how to charge them. Now we have what we need and the ambulance is here. We have great doctors here that will be able to help you.” “It’s about time,” said John angrily, “now you’ll get a chance to taste prison life Steve, and I have a lot of friends there too.” Then the ambulance attendants came in and carried John back to the ambulance. As they left the officer said to John, “don’t worry Mr. Chandler, we have everything under control here, thank you for your cooperation.”
John mumbled something as they went out the door. “I’m a bit concerned by the way he was acting,” I said to the officer. “Yes,” he answered, “he might be trying to work up an insanity plea. He will still be in prison a long time, unless he could persuade the doctors that he was cured and no longer a risk to the public.” “And John is very good at manipulating things to his advantage,” I said, “which is why he is never in prison for very long.” “Well, this is certainly an elaborate plan you had to get Mr. Chandler to confess,” said the officer. “I guess it was, but I didn’t know how else to do it with no evidence to prove he wasn’t Baldwin,” I said.
“I am sorry that you lost your wife and best friend in all of this,” the officer said. “Sometimes in life even a win can be a loss,” boomed a voice behind us. We all turned and there was Baldwin standing behind us by the stairs again. “Don’t worry everyone,” he said, “I’m not a ghost, I’m the real me!” Muffin and M.C. went over to see him, so he picked them up. Meow,meow!=It real human Baldwin! Meow!=Yep, really, it him! But only Baldwin was standing there. Kat was holding my hand, and she squeezed it. She knew what I was thinking.
Kat and I knew that Baldwin would show up, it’s all part of the plan. He and Kat had been given a certain drug that would make it look like they were dead, even breathing or heartbeat would be difficult to detect. “It was close,” said Baldwin, “they waited so long before digging up the graves that we almost didn’t make it.” He put his head down a bit. “But we still have work to do,” he said, “we need to find out about Annelie, who is she working for anyway?”
“And how did John and his men get in here without having the combination,” I added. “Hmm, I never even thought about that,” said Baldwin, “but that is a good question. Oh, I do have information here that will prove that I’m me. It’s medical information from my time in the navy, plus a few other things, so we’ll get that straightened out quickly, that way no problems will arise.” Baldwin was deliberately not saying anything about Kat, so I knew what that meant.
“I’m sorry it turned out bad with Calanthe,” I said, “I never thought she would turn against you.” “Yes, her and I have always been close,” he said, “that was harder on me than losing Brandi. But I could tell the last couple of months that she was acting different. So I guess it’s good to find out now rather than later. Greed always does strange things to people.” We talked things over with the police and then they left. After a while Rock showed up and it was time to get back to work again, this isn’t over yet. Next…Annelie!
To Be Continued.
©2021 Steve McLeod.
What a case! Hopefully that’s the end of John!
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Yes, it would be nice if he was gone for a long time, but, knowing John I think we will see him again at some point.🤔👱♀️😾😾🕵️♂️
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All I can say is…..😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛
He was alive the whole time and was in the casket just like I said!! I did! I did!!😛
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But what about Kat?😟👱♀️😾😾🕵️♂️
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Well… if my memory is working properly…. she was shot. So… I’m afraid she didn’t make it. Remember, John said he checked for contacts and didn’t find any.😔😔
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Yes, that’s it. So sad that she didn’t make it. That’s 3 wives now. Guess I should just stay single from now on. A PI shouldn’t be married, too dangerous.😟😟
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That’s silly!! 🙄🙄🙄
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Let’s put it another way, who would want to marry this PI now?😬😬
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Someone that loves you!??🙄🙄🤔🤔
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Until she finds out that I was married 3 times and each wife was killed by one of my enemies. Wow, look at her run!!😂😂🤣🤣
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To the right person none of that will matter!😉😁
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Right. The only one left now is Jennifer and I doubt she would marry me. Hey, she’s Anthony’s sister and Anthony wants her real bad, could he be the one that got Annelie out of jail?🤔😬😬
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Ooooo😳😳😳😳😳
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Yep, not good.😲😲
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You need to find that lady but quick!!😬😬😳😳😳
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Yeah, but how? Anthony likely has her hid right now. But she could give him a lot of info about where we are!😲😲😬😬
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Yeah… but you have Baldwin back and on your side with all his rezources!! He could hide you guys!! Or!!! Maybe….. pretend you’ve been arrested! Then set a trap for him in jail when he comes to get even with you! Wait that didn’t sound right!🙄🤔 anywY you know what I mean!!
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Not bad, get him to come into jail to get me, then slam the door shut on him! Sounds great! Except he doesn’t want me, he wants his sister. If we get arrested, I wonder if Jennifer and I would be allowed to be in the same cell? After all, Kat and I are married. Do they have married people prisons?🤔🤔🙄🙄
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I think they are for all married or not! But I don’t believe they have co-ed prisons!😂😂😂
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Then how would we stay together? And what about Muffin and M.C.? They’re married too.😬😬🙀🙀
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Good points all… but you have to remember it’s only for long enough to get him to commit to trying to kill you!! That won’t take very long..🤔🤔🤔
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But he doesn’t want me, he wants Jennifer who is technically dead at the moment, and we have the grave to prove it! She’s Kat now.
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Well that could be leaked…🙄🙄🙄😏😏 then he’ll show up for sure!!😉
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Sure, get us to the cemetery so we don’t have far to go after he kills us.🤔😳😳
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Again I agree… but!!! You’re a professional PI it should be easy as Blueberry Pie!!😋😋😁😁
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Easy? Do you know how hard it is to make blueberry pie in the winter? It’s hard to even find blueberries, you have to go out if freezing cold, dig through 2 feet of snow only to find, nothing. So you go to the next spot and, nothing. I did that for a week once and never found even one blueberry!
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You should have gone searching in September before it gets cold or snows!! You Canadian sure do things the hard way 🙄🙄😏😏🤔🤔
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We sometimes get snow in September.🤨So Ha!
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Go before it snows then!🤨😛
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“dashing through the snow, in a one horse open sleigh…”🎶🔔
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You’re not funny!!🤨🤨😛😛
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“O’er the fields we go, laughing all the way”🎶😂😂
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Stop!!🤨🤨🤨🤨
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How? we’re going downhill at 80mph in an open sleigh!😲😲😲😲🎿🎿🛷🛷
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Too bad……… you wanted snow and Christmas!!! Nana na bo bo😛😛😛😛 I sure hope there’s no rocks ahead!!🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭
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I didn’t want snow, you mentioned it first. Christmas yes, snow no!
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Nope gotta have both when you have Christmas!!😛😛😛😏😏😏
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Why? Most of the world doesn’t have snow at Christmas, so they don’t have to be together!😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛
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In this part of the World it has to be!! Look at all the Christmas pictures!! They all have snow for Christmas! So own it!! You wanted it now ya got it!😁😁😛😛😛😛😛🤭🤭🤭🤭
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They use those same pics all over the world, even where they don’t get snow, so, doesn’t mean a thing. Most of those pics are in the mountains anyway, they always have snow.😛😛😛😛😛😛😛😛
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Fine!! Go find a mountain and have your early Christmas!😛😛😛
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You’re getting mixed up again, I don’t want snow at Christmas, you do!😛😛😛😛
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Oh no…. uh uh!! Snow comes with Christmas especially in the Mountains 😛😛
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Good, you sit on top of the mountain and enjoy your snow.
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Oh no I’m staying here where the snow comes at the same time Christmas does!😛
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Aha! Christmas before Thanksgiving!
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Have fun on your Mountain ⛰ 😁😁🤭🤭
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You’re mixed up again, you want snow for Christmas not me.🙄🙄
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Oh no… I want snow just for you!!😁😁😊😊
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Thanks for keeping it all to yourself like that, so nice!😄😄
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Share and share alike!! That’s my motto!!😁😁😊😊
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Okay, I like sharing, you can have my share.😂😂
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Oh no… we each get the same amount!
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Okay, but I like to share so I’m giving you my share of our share to share with your share of our share because I like to share. So there!😂😂😹😹
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😛😂😂😂😂
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😁😁
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Have a good afternoon!😁
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I did, how about you? Was it warm down there?🤔🌞
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Upper 40’s. Sun was shining though…
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Wow, nice! We hit 35 by 3pm, but the sun was shining, supposed to be same temp tomorrow but cloudy. Almost feels like that other season I don’t like talking about. I’m wearing my other season jacket now.
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That seems so early to having to be wearing that so soon! 😳😲
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Not really, I have worn it early than this before. I mean, sometimes winter arrives early, like 4 years ago when it arrived on Oct 8.
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I guess it’s just me! I live in the tropics here ya know!🙄🙄
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I know it, I know it! The cold weather arrives earlier here in the north. I even bought new winter boots, good to -58F.😳🥶 I set a record today, 3 days in a row without taking even one picture.😲😲😲📷
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Oh NO! That’s so sad!😔
We’re you not able to get outside at all??
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I was outside, but it was too cold, my hands turned red, my fingers stiffened up, my knuckles were in such pain, how could I hold a camera?🤔🙄😳📷
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Ouch!! That stinks! Or I should say stings! Maybe you can find some of those chemical reaction hand warmer a they use for ice fishing to help keep them fingers warm and flexible!
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But if I’m holding that how do I hold the camera?🤔📷
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You warm your hands with them In your coat pocket then when you want to take pic you take them out of your pockets and there you go! It’ll work believe me!!😉😉😁😁
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Okay, so I take these things out of my pockets when I want to take a picture, but then they are still in my hands and I still can’t hold the camera.🤔🙄🙄
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No… goof ball😏😏 you leave them in your pockets!
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Same problem, if I leave my hands in my pockets, how do I take a picture?🤔🙄
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You’re out of luck! Maybe Muffin can take them for you??🙄
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She would probably like to use them to keep her feet warm. Now I have cold hands again and can’t take pictures.🤔🙄🙄📷
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Would rather warm or cold hands while not taking pictures?🙄🙄🤔🤔😏😏
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Is that a trick question? I think I’ll take cold hands. That’s $9.
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Wait a minute!😳 These are my ideas!! Why am I paying you them??🤔🙄
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Because you’re making me think. Every time I think for you it costs you a dollar. That’s the rules. And…that’s $11.
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Oh man.. there goes my retirement!😔
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Oh, I don’t know. Hawaii here I come!😂😂😂😂
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😔😔😔😔 have fun😛
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Thank you!😁😁
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Your so nice😁
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Time to call it a night.🥱
Good night Dusty!😃😺🌙😴
Talk again tomorrow!🤯🤭
The weekend begins!😁😁
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Good Night Steve!😴😴
Sleep Good!😉😁😴
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Good Morning Steve 😁😁
I hope you’re up and at’em!😉😁😂😂
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Good morning Dusty! Yep, I sure am! Hope you’re having a good day!😁🌞
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Yep I sure am!😁😉
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My work partner is taking the extra 2 days off again! Can you believe that?
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How come you never do that? What 2 days is he taking?
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Tomorrow and Friday
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Just for that you take Sat and Sunday off!
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That’s exactly what I’m going to do!😂😂
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That’ll show him!
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Yep! My thoughts exactly!
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Actually they were my thoughts. That’s $6.
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Let me guess…. you’re gonna buy Christmas Presents !🎁😂😂😂😂
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Let’s see, $6 will get me 6 jelly beans.
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Them is some spendy JB’s !😂😂
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They’re magical ones, the guy selling them said so.
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I better get me some of them!!😂😂😁😉
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Because it doesn’t feel right to do that..
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Good for you!😁
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Thank you 😁😊
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Welcome.
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I knew it ! Baldwin is alive ! The cats could tell…now onto Annelie…again, is it really her ?…looking forward to the next chapter ! 🕵️♂️👩☕️☕️😻😻
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Well, Baldwin is alive, but…
I doubt Annelie has a twin, so it’s really her we want. But who is the mystery person that broke her out of jail, and why?🤔👱♀️😾😾🕵️♂️
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So many twists and turns, it is hard to know, who id who. Glad Baldwin is back but there are so many loose ends! Anticipateing the next chapter!
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Yes, nice that Baldwin is still alive, but…😟
Now on to Annelie and whoever it is that broke her out of jail…and why?🤔👱♀️😾😾🕵️♂️
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Wow that was confusing but I’m glad everyone is Okay. I never trusted Calanthe but I never trusted Jennifer either. I hope she or Kat doesn’t turn on you. We’ll see. Are you going to rename it again to Annelie?
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And it isn’t over yet. Annelie has betrayed us and now we need to find out who she’s working with.
I trusted all the girls and just never figured Calanthe or Annelie would turn on us. But Kat and Jennifer are okay, I trust them with my life. But then, Kat is dead, so that just leaves Jennifer. Now we have Rock to join our little group. And now…
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So Kat is really dead? I wasn’t sure It got pretty confusing 😮😮🤔🤔
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I’m even a bit confused myself in this one.🤔🙄🙄
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This one got confusing 🤣😹🤣
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It was a bit deliberate to try and throw people off a bit.😂😹
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Well it threw me off and more than a bit. I liked it 👍
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Thanks so much! The next one might be a bit more normal. Maybe.😂😂🙄
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Don’t be normal on my account 😹🤣😹
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You shouldn’t say that, the next one might be so bad you’ll have to take notes.😂😹😹
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And I will!! 😹😹
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It certainly helps me!😁
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