For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
“That is happening more often now,” said Carine, “maybe we should move right away.” “That is fine with me,” I said smiling. “But first I must tell you more about myself,” she said, “maybe you will not want to move with me.” “You already have told me enough,” I said, “you have changed now, your past is past, what is important is your present and future.” “You are remarkable man Bernard,” said Carine, and she laughed, “if you have a wife, she will claw me to pieces maybe.” When she said that I saw that blond woman again and the word “cat” came to mind. She was so plain, so real, but yet I could not see her face.
And there was that gray cat again too with her. I told Carine. “Hmm, I think maybe you do have a wife for sure, or maybe a girlfriend, and this gray cat is hers or yours,” said Carine, “but it is odd she has not come looking for you, nothing on the news, no posters anywhere, though in this neighborhood posters are not welcome.” “I do not know what it means,” I said, “but I think it is time for me to stop worrying about my past and just start my life over again. But is that even possible? Without ID I cannot even get a job anywhere.”
“No need to worry about a job right now Bernard,” said Carine, “I will make enough money for the two of us and pay for our room too. Then we talk about these things later once we are settled.” “Yes, maybe you are right,” I said, “I know one thing, I want to get away from this city as soon as possible. How will we ship all of your furniture?” “None of this is mine Bernard,” she said, “only clothes, towels and my duvet. But the room we rent has everything we need, so we just need to bring our clothes. You will take my brother’s clothes, they are good quality and they fit you well.” So we started to make our plans and Carine bought train tickets to our new town. We leave tomorrow, 13 days after we first met.
Meanwhile…But for my PI team it is now 15 days that they have been looking for me, without results of any kind. “Okay team,” said Baldwin, “time for another meeting. So far it has been 15 days with no evidence of Steve whatever, but I am not going to suggest we give up, we can keep on going as long as you like. But I must leave for a couple of days for some meetings. Chung has decided to go back to the clinic where he has more equipment to use in finding out what drug might have been used on Steve.”
“I understand Baldwin,” said Kat, “you have done so much for us and you do have important companies that need your attention at times.” “I wish I could stay,” he added, “but spend whatever you need to in order to find Steve.” Meow,meow.=Me want to keep looking, but getting so tired and feet get so sore now. Meow.=Yep, me too, feet bleed every day now. “It is hard,” said Kat, “maybe we need to rest for a couple of days.” “That is a good idea,” added Annelie, “if we get too tired we just might miss something important.”
“I wanted to mention that too,” said Rock, “if you push yourself too much, you will end up getting sick.” “I think that might be my problem now,” said Kat. She tried to get up and fell to the floor unconscious. Rock carried her to one of the beds and Chung looked at her. Jennifer tried to follow, but she too fell to the floor and Rock put her on the bed next to Kat. Chung came back out, “they have not been eating or sleeping well, they are very sick, need to be in hospital for a while,” he said. “I do not think any of you girls have been eating or sleeping right,” said Baldwin, “so it is time for a break, before everyone is sick.”
“You have lost some weight too Baldwin,” said Annelie with a grin. “That’s different,” he answered, “I needed to lose some weight anyway.” “But not so fast maybe,” said Chung smiling. “There is no way to take a break here,” said Kristina, “if we are here then we will keep looking.” “Yes, that is right,” said Chung, “maybe go home for a while, take rest, come back refreshed, maybe find more clues then.” So they all went back to the chateau, except Kat and Jennifer, they ended up in the clinic for a few days first. But how will they find me when they get back? Carine and I will be long gone by then, on a whole new journey.
Please join us tomorrow as we continue our story.
©2022 Steve McLeod.
Maybe fate will intervene and they will see you or you will see them? Or …. could it be maybe the new town is near your Chateau?😲😳
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All good thoughts for sure. There is a small town close to the chateau, but that would just be too easy. Still, it could happen. Or maybe this is the end of Steve as we know him?🤔👩👱♀️🙀🙀👱♀️👩👩👩😐🙂😊🕵️♂️
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😲😳 did I just that?? The end of Steve??😲😳 how could that be?? Why the whole world would stop!!🤯😳😲
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Well, Chung still hasn’t deciphered the drug used on me, except he knows it’s a mix of 4 drugs, 3 he has isolated, but the fourth is new to him.😳😬🙀🙀
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They have to find you first! An antidote won’t be much use if there’s no Steve no more!!😲😳
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Well, it might be handy to have it ready right away, or it may be too late. It might be too late anyway. What would happen then?😲🤯 What will happen to poor Carine if they do find us?🤔😳
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I’m sure you could use one more PI in the company😉😊😁🤭🤭
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But after living with Carine for so long, would Kat want her around?😳👩👱♀️🙀🙀
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All depends how friendly you two got.🙄🙄
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We have managed to keep our promise to each other to just remain friends for now. But still, I think our hearts have gone beyond that.😬🙄
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That will happen… but as you say, this could be your new life now. You don’t want to let what might have been get in the way if what could be? Right?
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That’s a problem, how long do we wait before deciding what to do? Then there’s the question of ID. I can’t go through life without ID.🤔😳
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Eventually, everyone who knows the new you will know you as the new you and not the old you because they only know the new you. So they will vouch for you and you will become the new you. See?🤪
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True, but if I want to get a job, then I will need actual ID, after all, the govt wants their share of my money.🙄🙄
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Well…. I’m sure your girl friend has some contacts from her previous life where you could get some documents..🤔🤔🙄🙄 Don’t ya think?
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Um, yeah, we have talked about that possibility, and, um, well, ya know how things go.😳🙄🙄
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I do? 🤔 I’ve never had that talk..🙄🙄
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Oh, well, what it means is, we already did that and now I have ID, oops, now you know something early.🤔🤯🤪
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Ahhh😮😯😲😳
I guess that part is good. You do need to plan ahead. Now you need to figure out what you know how to do.. and then find work..
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Yeah, we needed to do it while we were in Paris, that’s where her old “friends” were. Fortunately we didn’t need to meet the real bad ones. And this guy also had a license to marry, which was amazing.😳🙄
Yep, now to find some kind of work I can do.🤔👷♂️👨🌾👨🔧👨🎨🕵️♂️
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Marry??😳😲 What did you do??🤯 Three weeks?? Oh my goodness😲😞
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I didn’t say we got married. Did I? Or did I? I just said the guy could, he was the document guy.🤔😳🙄🙄🙄
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Oh boy…. 😬 I guess I have to wait to find out that part of the story😏🙄
I man in your condition should be a little more cautious… after all.. all you know about her is that she worked in a bakery… she could be a serial killer or even working for John! And she’s making sure your team won’t find you!! Oh my what will tomorrow bring??🤔🤔🙄🙄
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Well, it works both ways, she is really trusting me. How does she really know I have lost my memory, perhaps I really am hiding out. I could be a murderer too, she doesn’t know. Maybe I’m just using her as a cover so no one will find me. You’re the second person to say she’s maybe working for John!😳😂😂
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He’s a trickster!! She could’ve been instructed to take you in.. was it just coincidence that the bakery was closing??🤔🤔
So many things to consider!!😖😖
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But how would John know I would go to the bakery in the first place? Where he let me off was a long ways from the bakery. So that doesn’t seem possible. Sometimes things fall where they fall. Both Carine and I needed someone to trust so we fit each other.🤔😀👩
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You had to eat at some point!!🤨 But okay… you can trust her if you like.. Just cuz a short fits you doesn’t mean it looks good on you or that you should wear it!🤨
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That’s true, but there are lots of cafe’s around I could pick and that one wasn’t really a cafe, it was a bakery with a couple small tables out front to sit at. Anyway, if she works for John, he sure picked a nice woman for the job!😄
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Gotta watch them girls!! They use those girly charms and the next thing you know!! you’re MARRIED!🤨🤨
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She just talks nice and calmly, smiles beautifully, is so kind and gentle and she’s a licensed masseuse too!!😉😏🙃🥴🙄🙄
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Oooooo… now I. Beginning to see the larger picture…🤨 well as long as she gives good MASSAGES! Then she must be trust worthy!😏😏
I’ve never known a Woman to give a good massage and turn out to take advantage of a man!🤨
Oh boy… you are in soooo much trouble when Kat finally finds you!!😖
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Actually Kat would probably love to have massages too, in fact, all of them would I’m sure.😁 If Kat finds me you mean. This really isn’t looking so good. Baldwin could easily take over the PI business, he has a good team to use now.🤔🙄🙄
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I suppose…🙄🙄 sounds like you might be tossing the towel… I can hardly wait to find out how this is going end.. Will you possibly be back in a later chapter/episode 🤔
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Have to wait and see I guess.🤔
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That’s me wait and see….🤪🤪🙄🙄🙄
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😂😂
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You need to enjoy it so much!😛🤨
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So when you get your memory back… could you send her my info? I could really use a good MASSAGE!😉🤭🤭🤭
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Oh sure, now you want to join in. Too bad you didn’t join our PI team when you had the chance.🙄🙄
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I tried..🙄 it seemed I was o ly good enough to be a butler!😏😒🙄🤨
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Good job, Baldwin pays good.😁
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Not good enough to get a massage!🤨
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😂😂😹😹
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What are you laughing at?🤨😛
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GN
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I’ll never be good enough anyway… life has taught me that..😒
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It been a really long time since I had one.🙄
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And I’m sure it will be longer.😂😂
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Yeah… I know!🙄
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Hmmm…Carine seems to trust you just after a very short time , so that makes me think that she is in the employ of John or his cohorts…she is too ready to help…are you the real Steve or has Baldwin hidden you from those who would be wanting you dead ? Hmmm…🕵️♂️👩👩👩😾😾
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Considering the life she has had, she might just want to trust someone that is real. She has never had that before. I don’t think Baldwin would make everyone go through that, Kat and Jennifer ended up in the hospital, the cats with sore bleeding feet. It’s me, I just don’t know it’s me. And John has won for now, but I’m sure my team will hunt him down whether they find me or not!😳👩👱♀️🙀🙀👱♀️👩👩👩😐🙂😊🕵️♂️
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