For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
The door was open just enough so Muffin ran in and meowed loudly. That got the man’s attention and I threw myself at the door knocking him backward. Kat then kicked his arm, breaking it at the elbow. That must have hurt. Then she kicked him in the stomach and I threw him against the wall. He was down and I had my gun out pointed at him. I asked him some questions which he never answered. Meanwhile Kat took Kristina back to our room, but Muffin stayed with me.
Meow,meow!=Look in suitcase, bad stuff. It was closed, but Muffin knew what to sniff for. Kat was back now and she kept a gun on the man while I checked out the suitcase. Quite an interesting arsenal he carried with him. “I’ll take this off your hands,” I told him, “you have chosen the wrong people to deal with.” His wallet was sitting on the table by his bed, Muffin brought it over to me. He was posing as a salesman from London and his name was Gordon Saunders, though that likely was not his real name.
I searched him and he had another gun, so I took both of them and his suitcase, then told him to leave this town immediately. He still never said a word, but you could see anger and hate in his eyes. I could see he was going to be trouble for us. But we left him and went back to our room. Kat had picked up Kristina’s suitcase as well. Poor Kristina was crying when we got back. “Does the name Gordon Saunders mean anything?”, I asked Annelie. She stared, “was that him? He is a dangerous man, a hit man worse than Stripe. He is credited with 21 hits, and has never missed.
He is 22 years old and started when he was 17.” “Hmm, I wonder if he was after us?”, I asked. “How do you know about Gordon?”, asked Kristina, “I didn’t even know that. I just knew he was on a job and wanted me for his cover. I was to pretend to be his wife. But we were not at our destination yet, we were supposed to get there tomorrow.” “Well, that answers my question,” I said. Meow.=Man leave and put something by door. M.C. had been listening at our door in case someone else came along. I went to check and it was a nice little box. I pick it up and then let M.C. sniff it.
Meow!=That bomb! Annelie quickly opened the window and I tossed the box outside. There was a large explosion as it hit the ground! “Jennifer and Muffin, let’s go,” I said and we ran down the stairs just as Gordon went out the door. We followed and I yelled at him to stop. He did so we could catch up, then quickly turned to shoot at us, but Jennifer kicked the gun out of his hand. He then produced a large knife when “Thwock!” and he was down. I went to check and the man was dead. The owners, Marik and Beth, had been standing at the door watching.
“I don’t know what to say,” said Marik, “we never have problems here in our town, never.” “You should probably call for an ambulance and the police,” I said, “I know your police officer is on vacation, but there must be another nearby you can call.” “Yes, there is,” he said quietly, “I still do not believe this.” His wife Beth, remained silent during all of this, but something did not seem right. We went back to our room and let the owners take care of things, though I am sure the police will be around to question us. Back at our room Kristina was sitting quietly in a chair.
She looked at me when I came in and started crying again, but softly. “What are you going to do with me?”, she asked. “That is up to you,” I said, “what do you want, to go back to your life or be free of it?” “I want out,” she cried, “I have wanted out for over a year, I even tried to run away, but they found me and beat me and…” She then showed us something, a brand, to show who owned her. That got me angry. “No one owns you Kristina,” I said, “you are a free woman now. You can leave and go wherever you want.” “Or, you can stay with us,” added Kat smiling.
“You would let me stay with you, knowing what I am?”, she asked. “Kristina, it is not ‘what you are’ now, it is ‘who you are’,” I said, “and that’s the way it will be if you choose to stay with us. But we are not forcing you to stay, you can go wherever, like I said, we will even help you with that so you can start a new life anywhere. But you are very welcome to stay with us. I’m sure Kat has filled you in a bit about who we are. But we do require honesty at all times. If you plan to just betray us then I would suggest you leave now. Otherwise, welcome to our team.”
To Be Continued.
Β©2021 Steve McLeod.
Sounds like she’ll make an informed decision. But you still don’t know who’s behind it all… Must be someone very powerful!π¬π¬πππ€π€
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Yes, perhaps Kristina will end up joining our team. Or not, once she sees the danger we can get ourselves in, she just might decide to go somewhere else.
Yep, this just might be our most dangerous adversary yet! How do we even fight back against this person?π€π³π±ββοΈπΎπΎπ±ββοΈπ©π©π΅οΈββοΈ
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Something tells me she’ll join the team… although being rather new to the craft she may not have a long life expectancy!πππ€π€
I was worried you were frozen at your key board..π₯Άπ₯Ά but I’m glad you’re warm enough to type..ππ
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You never know, she might learn fast and live into January. Or maybe she will become a permanent part of our team. Maybe we will see some changes coming up. Or not.π€ππ³
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Change is the one and only constant thing!!π
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Especially in this story!
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Hey, I have an eye exam on Friday and new new glasses… what kind should I get? I was thinking like a Ray Ban style??
I could look distinguished πππ
What do you think?
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I just answered.ππ
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Okay… Big Round ones it is!!!π€π€
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Hey, that’s a good idea!
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working!, a friend of mine said I should get them!
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I’m getting confused, there’s too many comments going at once.
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Me too…
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Other than being cold π₯Ά did you have a good day?π€
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Very good, although it was cold.π₯Άπ³
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That’s good to hear it was good! Hopefully the cold will pass quicklyπ π΄
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It was cold today. Yes, quickly. Did I say it was cold today?π₯Άπ§π§π§
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At once yeah!!π€£π€£π€£
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ππ
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Meant there to be an “least”
In that statement π
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Maybe it got lost on the way?
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In my brain yeah.. it was there in my head but never made it to the screen!ππ
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It’s nice you can understand what I don’t write!!ππ
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Yes in this story particularly
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Our team members don’t die that quickly, we’ve actually been together a long time now. Sort of.
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Except for those that got killedππ π€
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Well, none recently though.π€π
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Well not since last January…πππ
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There you go, it’s been a whole year now, that’s 2 years story time time.π€ππ
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Ya think think??π€π€
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Only if necessary, it hurts too much.π¬
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I can relate to that!!π€
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That’s why I have a team now, before Muffin had to do all the thinking.π³π
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I can see where she could be overwhelmed by all of your thinking π€ π
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I really think she was, but that’s just my thoughts.π€
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I’m sure she has a few thoughts on that too..ππ
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But I don’t let her think them!ππ
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I’m certain you feet appreciate you doing it!!ππ
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They didn’t get to vote on the matter, I would have been outnumbered.π€£π€£
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Lol π π π€£ Saftey first!! They’re just looking out for themselves!!π€π€π€
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Yeah, and there’s lots of them to do the looking!
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Watching out for their neighbors!!ππ
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Don’t want anymore purple toes!!ππ
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That’s just their PI distoeguise!
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Urban camouflage!!π€π€π€πππ I see that’s tricky!!πππ
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Hmm, I didn’t see any urbans, what do they look like?π€
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Oh boy…ππ hmm mostly a lot of houses and apartments in a city location.. I think that’s the correct definition π€
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Guess I couldn’t see any because of all the houses and apartments in the way.ππππ π‘ππ’
By the way, what’s a city?π€
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Hey … how am I supposed to know thatβ½ I’m just a simple man…π€π€π€
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Yeah, but you live in the cement jungle, so you should know.
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That’s not fair!! I’m in a small town with sidewalks and paved streets !! The jungle would be frozen in this climate!!πππ
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See? I told you!
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Yes you did!!πππ
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It’s cold too.
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Interesting development ! Make sure WHO is your friend and WHO is your enemy ! The cats were on the job ! Good going ! π΅οΈββοΈπ©π©πΎπΎπ€βοΈβοΈβοΈ
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Yes, we are keeping our eyes and ears open right now. Too much going on for a sleepy little town. And yet, it has nothing to do with the town. Everyone is sure that Kristina is okay though, but we will see. Yes, the cats are doing good!ππ±ββοΈπΎπΎπ±ββοΈπ©π©π΅οΈββοΈ
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Thanks for sharing!
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