For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
“John said he was taking the PI to some weird place, named Krasnoy…something,” said Melanie. “Krasnoyarsk?”, asked Kristina. “Yeah, that’s the name,” said Melanie excited, “but I don’t know where that is, and that’s the truth.” “It is in Russia, along some river, though I cannot remember the name of the river,” said Kristina, “that will be a tough place to get in.” “Yes, it sure will be tough,” said Kat, “unless we can intercept them before they get there. What kind of plane are they using, commercial or private?” “Not commercial, John leased a small jet,” said Melanie, “oh yeah, he said they might go to Poland for a couple of days before going to that other place. But I do not know why.”
“Do you know what town or city they will be at?” asked Kat. “Um, Gdansk. I am not sure if I pronounced that right,” said Melanie. “Yes, that is right,” said Kristina, “that would be a good spot to stop them if possible.” “Yes, it certainly would,” said Kat, “but John has a long head start, I doubt we could do it. It would be better to go ahead to Krasnoyarsk and wait for him there. What do you think Baldwin, can we do it?” “Well, getting in might not be hard,” he answered, “getting out might not be easy. You can fly to Berlin and I will have a different jet waiting for you. I own a company in Moscow and this is one of their jets, it is Russian so it will not be so noticeable. Hopefully there is an airport in that town or very close to it because you will not have transportation, you will have to get that yourself.”
“Okay Kristina, you are coming along on this one,” said Kat, “we need your language skills.” Melanie turns to Jennifer and says, “I’m sorry your husband is in such a mess, if I had known what John was doing I never would have gotten involved with him. But he made so many wonderful promises.” “Actually, he is my husband,” said Kat, “Jennifer and I are twins and sometimes she pretends to be me to protect me from danger and be a bodyguard to Steve.”
“Wow, now that is an amazing sister,” said Melanie, rather shocked. “Yes, she certainly is amazing,” said Kat smiling. “I do not feel amazing right now,” said Jennifer, “and I want to come along.” “Sorry Jenny,” said Kat, “but we need to leave right away, and you need to stay here for a while longer.” “No way!”, said Jennifer, “I got Steve into this mess, I am going to help get him out!”
Meanwhile, flying high in the sky over the ocean… This is not good, I’m thinking to myself. There is just no way they can follow me right now. I have to try something. “Hey John,” I said, “would it be too much to remove these handcuffs? Sitting like this with my back is causing a lot of pain.” John laughed, “take the cuffs off of him.” One of his men did so and that is sure a relief. “Lie down and get some sleep,” said John, “it is a long trip, I don’t want you to be worn out.” “Oh, you want me feeling good before you kill me?”, I asked. John laughed again.
“I don’t plan on killing you Steve,” he said, “I have something better in mind. I plan on letting you go again, but after you have had some treatments in Dr. Brodsky’s clinic.” “Do I get to know what is going to happen, or is that a secret?”, I ask. “Oh, it won’t hurt since you won’t remember anyway,” said John, “actually, you will not remember anything after driving up to that old house. You will receive treatments for a couple of days and you will be released, feeling quite normal. But, after a while things will begin to change and you will become grumpy, angry and even perhaps quite mean, with your team members and even your wife. Then you will begin to slowly go into that “nowhere” state of mind again and you will kill yourself!
The joy of watching all this take place right to the time you commit suicide, and maybe even take Kat with you! This is going to be much more fun than just killing you.” John begins laughing even more, as do his men. All except one which I figure is the doctor, he has not said one word to anyone so far, though all the others have been talking. He just sits there looking at me, probably studying me and how I act and react. “You may just end up watching all of this from inside a prison somewhere,” I say to John. “Not this time PI, not this time,” he said firmly, “this time I have won. It has been a long time coming and I am enjoying every moment!”
To Be Continued.
Β©2022 Steve McLeod.
I’m not sure I like this episode very much!π€¨π¬
That’s some pretty evil stuff right there!! I hope Kat gets there in time to stop him and the Doctor!π³π³
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Yes, hopefully Kat can get there in time, but where is “there”? Did John give the right information to Melanie? Or did he figure my team would find her so he gave her wrong info to throw them off track? Somehow I don’t think that doctor is a real doctor at all. But he needs to be stopped with John!π³π±ββοΈπΎπΎπ±ββοΈπ©π©π ππ΅οΈββοΈ
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For sure… that’s just evil stuff those two are doing.
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Yes, we have to stop that doctor too so he can’t keep doing this to other people as well. And we will stop them! Um, providing my team can find us in time.π€π³π¬
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If they cant…. it’s the end of Steve as we know him.π²π³
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If I go back to nowhere, that’s it, I won’t come back again!π³π³ππ
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Then what???π²π³π¬
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Then I guess I would have to start a whole new life, with Kat and my team trying to help me. It might be easier to start over than to try and bring me back. Except I’m married now! And I wouldn’t know it!π²π²
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That’s a big project!! Starting over takes a lot of work emotionally and physically!! It can leave you mentally exhausted and worn out… us everyone looks at you like your weird.π€ͺπ
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My team wouldn’t look at me like I was weird. They already do that! That’s just a joke. I think. But yes, it would be mentally and emotionally exhausting and would really take a lot of patience by everyone. And would it work? Or would I give up and kill myself like John said?π³π³ππ
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It sounds like that’s the programming they will do!π³π€―
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Yep, they will make sure I will give up. But maybe Kat can prevent that anyway.π€π³π±ββοΈ
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We all better hope so!!π¬π¬
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The Investigators might be finished too, maybe no one will want to continue.π¬π
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It would take all the fun out of the job knowing what happened to you ππ
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Yep, guess it would. Oh well, they could all get a job with Baldwin I’m sure. And since I wouldn’t know them, I guess I wouldn’t miss them. How sad!π¬πππΏ
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Exactly!ππ¬ That’s sad…
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Yep, it sure would be, so John and the evil doctor must be stopped and soon!π π πΎπΎ
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I wonder what tomorrow will bring??π€π€π€ππ
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A race and a chase! And Melanie’s mind!π€π³π©
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Oooooo….. that’s a great teaser!!πππ€π€
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Glad you liked it!ππΈ
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I do! I do!!ππππ
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Some interesting chapters coming up!π€π³ππ
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Great!! I’m looking forward to reading them!!πππ
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Me too! I just hope they don’t end up getting frustrating!ππππ
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Why would they be frustrating?π€
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Did I say frustrating? I probably meant something else.π¬ππ
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I’m sure it was just an errorπ€π€
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Me too!π€π¬ππ
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Some help is needed or your mind might be infected by a drug…you need to plan your escape quickly ! π΅οΈββοΈπ©π©π©ππ
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I think it’s too late for that. I need to wait for my team to find me and hopefully they won’t be too late!π³π±ββοΈπΎπΎπ±ββοΈπ©π©π©π ππ΅οΈββοΈ
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