Steve`s Country
For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
The Investigators, Inc. Mystery Of The Beginning. Chapter 9.
Kat picks up Muffin. “Hey kitten,” she says, “you can’t give up, we need to find Steve and stop John once and for all. I need you to help me find Steve.” Meow,meow!=Yep, you right! Me not give up, we go find my human and stop John for sure! “That’s my girl,” said Kat, “the fury of the Kat, and the cats!” Meow,meow!=Yep, and the cats! Meow!=Me too, and the cats! Just then another car drives up, this time it’s Baldwin and Rock, plus 3 of Baldwin’s men. Annelie is checking Jennifer to see if she has any broken bones, or worse. “Good thing you’re almost a doctor,” said Baldwin, “how is she?”
“She will be fine, but we need to get her to the hospital,” said Annelie. “I will take her in my car,” said Baldwin, “it will be faster than waiting for an ambulance to get out here.” Rock carried her to the car. “Kristina, you are now glued to Jenny,” said Kat, “you do not leave her and no one goes into her room unless Baldwin says it is okay. Anyone else tries to get in, you stop them.” “Okay, I understand,” answered Kristina as she got into the car. “I will leave Rock and 1 man for you Kat,” said Baldwin, and then he drove off.
The others got in their car and drove to the house. It looked deserted, and likely was, but they had to check anyway. “I can’t get any signal at all,” said Annelie, very concerned about that problem. “I thought that was supposed to work anywhere?”, asked Kat. “It is supposed to,” answered Annelie, “unless Steve hasn’t had the opportunity to start the device.” “I don’t want to think about that,” said Kat, “keep trying while we go take a look.” The rest of them went in the house and searched all over, but they found no one and no clues either. Finally they decide to leave but as they got outside Muffin remembered something.
Meow,meow!=Me remember, there is secret passage, one we not check yet. Must start upstairs in third house. What she meant was the third floor of the house which was a separate apartment. It had a secret stairway that led to each floor and to the basement. That is how our “ghost” managed to get around so easily without being seen. Rock went in first and they followed the stairs and little passages around all the way to the basement. Meow,meow.=In there is little kitchen room. It looked just like a wall and they could not find a way to open it.
“Are you sure this is it Muffin?”, asked Rock. Meow,meow=Yep, me sure, push on wall. Rock just pushed with all his might and smashed the door right off it’s big hinges. He looked around the room with his flashlight, then pulled the chain that turned on the light in the middle of the room. “Look Kat,” he said, and pointed to a corner of the room. A young woman was curled up in terror, she had been beaten, tied up and left to die there. “Carry her out of there Rock, bring her upstairs,” said Kat. He did so, and once upstairs he untied her and put her on a chair.
The woman was crying and kept saying, “please, please, don’t hurt me anymore.” “We don’t want to hurt you, now here’s the deal,” said Kat, “you help us and we will help you. Or we can tie you up again and put you back in that room.” “NO, no, please, I will help, anything,” she pleaded. “Okay, we will start with an easy question,” said Kat firmly, “what is your full name?” “Melanie Sunshine Morel,” she said. One of the men went out to the car while Kat started to clean up Melanie a bit. He was soon back with a note for Kat which she read out loud with information about Melanie from the time she was born until now. The woman was amazed.
Then she started crying again, she said it was because of the pain. “We will take her to the hospital too,” said Kat to Rock, “carry her out to the car.” They had her put in the same room with Jennifer so they could watch her more closely. “How do you feel little sis?”, asked Kat. “Terrible,” she said, “but only because I messed up badly. I knew Steve would try to sneak away and I wanted to go along to help protect him. Instead I got him captured.” She really started to cry hard at that point. Muffin and MC jumped on the bed, purring loudly. Meow,meow=It not your fault, you try your best, it that terrible human John. And we going to find him and bring back my human. Both cats hug Jennifer and she stops crying. “Now, back to you Melanie,” said Kat, “where did John take Steve?”
To Be Continued.
©2022 Steve McLeod.
Steve`s Country 
See?? I told you it was Jennifer!!😛😛 Now what about the tracking device you said you didn’t have??? You are supposed to turn it on!!🤨🙄 but waiting is good in case John uses a wand or radio detector…
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Well, Jennifer and Kat didn’t switch places though. Kat didn’t know Jennifer was doing this until she disappeared. Sneaky. Now, this tracking device idea, John thought about that and took my clothes and gave me other clothes to wear. Also sneaky. That removes any tracking device. Must remember that one. However, we have something else to use now, and that is Melanie. She is angry with John so will cooperate and she knows where John is taking me!😳👱♀️😾😾👱♀️👩👩😠🙂🕵️♂️
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That was very fortuitous for you!😁
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Getting captured or losing my tracking device?🤔😳
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Kat and the Cats 🐈 finding that girl.😛
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Yes, that will be helpful, providing she’s telling the truth, and I think she will cooperate after what John did to her. Still, John could change plans too if he thinks they might find the girl. But we also have something else, just in case!😒
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Oooo… that sounds interesting!
How so you know John didn’t leave her there for them to find?🙄🤔
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Why would he want her to be found? Besides, they almost missed her. She would have died there.😬
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So he would have some way of knowing what your tem is up to!😉🤔🙄
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Good thinking. But he could still change plans knowing they would be on the wrong path. So he wouldn’t have to worry. That’s a big problem.😳😬
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Yes it could be… we’ll just add it to the list of things that are stacking up against you!😉
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It’s getting to be a big stack!😬🗻 Seems I missed this one. Sigh.🙄
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No you didn’t.. you just replied to it!😂😂😂
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Did I?🤔 Oh, good for me!😁
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Yes! Very good for you!😂😂
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Thank you! Now if John would just take these handcuffs off, even for a minute, then we would see how smart he is!🤨
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That could be his plan!😲😳🤔🙄
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He’s just too scared to take them off me!🙄
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Lucky for him!! Otherwise you’d tear him to pieces!!🤨🤨
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣That was a good laugh. I’m sure he would tear me to pieces rather quickly.😬 I can’t really fight anymore because of these constant back injuries. Kat and Jennifer take care of that part for me. 😁👱♀️👱♀️That’s why Jennifer didn’t want me going off alone.😳
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Good thinking on her part! She a pretty sharp lady!😁😊
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Yep, that she is, and she would be able to handle John quite easily by herself. So could Kat.😁😁
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No doubts there at all!!😁😊
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Me too. Actually I think Rock to handle John by himself too, and maybe a few others at the same time!😂😂
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Well maybe Rock should have a few minutes alone with John when you catch him!!😂😂😂
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Apparently Rock has already told Kat that if he catches John first, he’s going to break him in half.😠
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That sounds like a lot of fun!😂😂
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Rock thinks so. I think Kat would let Rock have John first no matter what. John would probably enjoy getting back into prison after that!
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Maybe that would convince him to stay there!🙄🙄🤔🤔
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Yes, that is quite possible! Especially if Rock promises to meet him when he gets out!😳🙄
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He just needs to know it safer for him in prison instead of being out!
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Yep, that just might do it!
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Hehehe🤭🤭🤭
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A new person in the mix now ! Interesting ! Seems Kat knows something is not right…perhaps Kat knows her from before…hmmm…be careful Steve ! 🕵️♂️👩👩👩😾😾🤔
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I can only hope my team is being careful. Baldwin is there to keep things in reason without letting feelings run wild, which is good. I hope Kat can stay focused. I can do nothing right now, except wait. This is a time for my team to work without me, they have all been trained well.😳👱♀️😾😾👱♀️👩👩😠🙂🕵️♂️
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