For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Kat didn’t really do much except get the dishes out, then she sat and talked with Annelie. The cats sat at their spots waiting with much anticipation for their pancakes. Rock and I sat in the living room talking a bit about the case. We had our scramblers plugged in and working both in the living room and kitchen, so we could talk more freely about things. Finally it’s time to eat and I must admit to being rather hungry. “Well everyone,” I began, “what do you think? Should we continue or should we just pack up and head back home. This wouldn’t be the first case we had to admit defeat.”
“No, we can’t quit Steve,” said Kat, “Jennifer wouldn’t want us to quit because of her. We all know the risks of taking on a case.” “That’s right,” said Annelie, “and I just feel sure that we will find that doll and soon too.” Meanwhile, in another room… “Hi Bert,” said the boss, “you sure come in quiet like.” “That’s the best way John,” said Bert, “easy to catch people that way, doing things they shouldn’t be doing on my time.” “Uh, what do you mean Bert?”, asked John. “You just couldn’t wait,” said Bert, “I told you this was no time for petty quarrels, you wait until after they find the doll. But you had to go and try to kill that PI’s wife and end up killing her sister instead.”
“Hey, wait a minute,” said John, “that wasn’t me doing that, it was someone else.” “You told me that the area was sealed tight,” said Bert, “and that no one could get through your men. That’s what you told me, correct?” “Well, yes, I did say that,” said John, “but somehow someone got through, I have no idea who it was. You can’t blame me for that one.” “I do blame you John,” said Bert, “it should never have happened, whether it was you or someone else. But to me it looks like you did it. Who else is after that PI right now?” “Well, I don’t know,” said John, “but he probably has a lot of enemies and…”
“And these 2 men break through your line of men, come in and kill one of those PI’s, and one of them escapes again through your line of men,” said Bert, “do you really expect me to believe that?” “I’ll find out who it is and how they got through,” said John, “I promise you that, no matter how long it takes!” “I will be back at 9am,” said Bert, “have the answer by then or I will start to eliminate some excuses.” Then he left again.
“This is just great,” said John, “how am I supposed to find out who did this in so short a time?” “So what are we gonna do then boss?”, said the man. “Go check those men we have guarding the place,” said John, “if any of them hesitate in their answer, or admit to being tired, bring them to me!” Off went that man in a hurry.
Now back to us… “Kat, you need to rest,” I said, “and you too Muffin.” “I like that idea,” said Kat, “we’ll just stay here and think about the case for a while.” “Good idea,” I agreed, “Rock and Annelie, you go back to the attic, M.C. and I are going to look around the basement some more.” So we all went looking for a doll, or something that maybe looks like a doll, such as a picture or ornament, or something. While in the basement M.C. discovered something we missed the first time. There was a door in the floor, covered with boxes in one corner.
It was locked but M.C. had it open quite easily. But try as I did, that door would not budge. “Go get Rock M.C.”, I said. Meow.=Okay, I go fast. And he did go very fast. Rock came down and easily pulled the door open but there was nothing under it. “Might have been an old well,” I said, “and they filled it in so no one would fall into it. Kind of disappointing though.” “Oh well, could have been worse,” said Rock with a laugh, and he went back to the attic. Then things started swirling in my head again, pictures came to mind, real or not I couldn’t tell. I kept seeing a lady in a white dress, and a fireplace. But there is no fireplace here, or…wait a minute, maybe that’s it! “Let’s go back upstairs M.C.”, I said and…
To Be Continued.
Previous chapters of this story, and other stories in this series, can be found on my home page under, “The Investigators, Inc.”
Β©2021 Steve McLeod.
When are you going after John? Times awasting!!π€¨π€¨π
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I don’t even know John is involved. I know about Bert and Danny, but not John. I want to know what just happened at the end of the chapter. Did we see something or hear something? Did we get shot? I mean, something happened.π³π±ββοΈπππ©ππ΅οΈββοΈ
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My thought exactly!!
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Nothing more to add?
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Noππ€ not that occurs to me π
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Hmm, too bad. Maybe tomorrow.
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Wanna point me in the right direction??ππ
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How strange, this one just came in, yet there was one ahead of this one that is now behind this one. Well, it will be chapter 13 if that helps.
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Tomorrow right?π
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What about tomorrow?π€
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Chapter 13 comes out tomorrow?
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Yep, sure does that’s when the ghost of, I mean most of the pancakes will be eaten.π³π³π₯π₯
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Ohhh yum π what time I don’t want to be late!ππππ
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It will be right at the beginning, when we find out what MC and I saw when we turned around.
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No the pancakes!!ππ
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Why would I want to eat pancakes in that dirty basement?π€
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You didn’t say you were eating in the basement!π³
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I’m not eating in the basement,π³π³ we ate today.ππ
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So I have to eat them in the basement?? That’s not fair!π€¨π
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There’s no pancakes, we ate them today!
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Can’t we have some again tomorrow?ππ
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Too much work, no time to eat tomorrow.
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I’m gonna sleep In thenπ
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Bed I hope! That’s what I sleep in!π€£π€£π€£π€£
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Oh man….πππππππππ
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Good one, wasn’t it?πππππ
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I got nothing to come back withπππππ
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YAY!! I win!! Now off to do my story! Oh, oh, snowflakes have begun!π³πππ²
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π²π² Better be quick writing the story before you get snowed under!!π¬π¬ β β
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No problem, the snow stopped, it’s raining instead.
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Oooohhh good for you!! That will melt the snow you already had!ππ
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It was only half an inch anyway.π€π
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That’s good! I haven’t seen any here yet. Who knows the forecast could be wrong..
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I say this major winter storm will be a major dud. They said 16 to 20 inches! Ha!
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Yeah, I’m not seeing that kind of result either… I think it’s a swing and a missπππ
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We never get what they forecast. Did that all last winter too. They make us think it’s going to be terrible and we get a couple inches.ππ
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Yep, seems like a guess most of the time now..
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Yep, I can do that too and I’m wrong just as often as they are!ππ
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Hey… maybe you should have your own YouTube station and give weather forecasts!! You would be just as accurate as they are!πππ
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But people might throw rotten eggs at me and call me names and all sorts of things.π³π³
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Maybe? But it could be fun too…πππ
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That’s true, I could have a great time messing with forecasts!ππ
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When you’re wrong.. just blame it on the weather!!ππππ€£π€£π€£π€£
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Hey, there’s a thought, you have lots of thoughts tonight!π
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Thanks! It’s been an unusually thoughtful day for me..ππ
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That’s good, I’m sure your boss was happy.π
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I doubt it… not much influences his mood..ππ
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You just need the right approach. Like, “when I was working from home this week I learned something fascinating about space.” He’ll ask what. You say, “you take up more of it than I do!”π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£
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Nice!!! Or I could say… are you studying to be an astronaut??? Then ask him why he’s taking g up so much space? π€£π€£π€£π€£
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I like it!ππ
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Be right back. Gotta talk to my Grandson a minute.
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I’ll be somewhere nearby.π
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I’m back.. asking about Thanksgiving
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That was last month.π
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For you…π
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What investigation talks about a lady in a long white dress…hmmm…the boss could be a woman…well, my mind is too tired to think…sigh…waiting for tomorrow ! π΅οΈββοΈπ©πΌπΌπ€π€
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The lady in the white dress goes back to our very first case, which is also where we first met John. That’s the first case from last year with 20/20 Investigations, Inc. The bosses name was given to us, it is John. But is it the same John or a different John?π€π±ββοΈπΎπΎπ©ππ΅οΈββοΈ
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I thought John was dead Is this the same john or a new john I will read on
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Sometimes You just gotta Laugh
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I kind of left that question unanswered. But perhaps John is alive and just had someone working for him to take Baldwin’s place. John is smart, he never likes to be in the line of danger. Which is why he has been around since the very first case.
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Ahhhhhhhhhh I see
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