For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
“Okay Mikkael,” I began, “we need to talk about the targeted death of your son 5 years ago.” “Has that useless thing been talking to you about that now?”, he shouted and he got up to leave, “I will find her!” I grabbed him and pushed him back onto the chair. “I said never refer to Sigurbjorn as a ‘thing’ again around us, and I mean it,” I said firmly to him, “now we need to talk or my team and I will leave you on your own.”
He got up slowly. He was not overly big, but definitely a larger man than I. I stood up as well. He came over to me, stomped on my foot and hit me with a two handed fist knocking me to the floor. “Storm, Jennifer,” was all I had time to say. The cats have the ability now to call individual team members instead of alerting everyone. Jennifer looked at her watch, excused herself and came in quickly.
Her first kick hit his side, then in his stomach, then his chest, and he fell to the floor against the wall. “You okay Steve?,” she asked. “Yeah, I was not expecting that,” I said, “watch him.” “Would you like some more?”, she asked Mikkael. He was holding his chest and said, “you broke some ribs!” “I doubt it,” said Jennifer, “I did not kick you that hard, but be thankful I did not kick your head.” “Now,” I said again, “we are going to talk, what happened 5 years ago, or probably before that, that someone wanted to kill your son?”
“I’m sorry I ever called you,” he said, “but it was the only thing I could do to keep my wife from leaving.” “You do not seem too upset that your son was deliberately killed,” said Jenny. “Shut up!”, he yelled, “I do not talk with useless things like you!” Storm and MC both growled loudly. “Keep those creatures away from me!”, he yelled again, “or I will kill them, I will!” He started getting up then suddenly charged Jenny.
She fell back and flipped him, but he got to his feet again quickly. Jennifer kicked his left knee hard causing him to bend a bit then she kicked him in the head and he was down. At that point I stopped her, though on one hand I really did not want to. He got up slowly and sat down. “You are obviously involved in some gang, likely some large syndicate and you came out here to hide from them,” I began, “but they found you again. Am I right?”
“You are doing the talking,” he said. “Thank you,” I said, “so, you must have done something they did not like or they would not keep after you 5 years later. Maybe you should tell me now, I will find out anyway.” Then came that voice again. “Too late for you to leave PI, you were warned, now trouble begins”. Kat was standing in the kitchen doorway and heard the voice and came over to me.
“Why do you need Jennifer?”, she asked. “Oh, Mikkael was causing a bit of trouble himself,” I said, “but he has settled down now.” Kat looked at him frowning, “don’t ever think you can do anything to my husband.” Then she turned to me and showed me her phone. Jenny then looked at her phone. “That is interesting,” I said, “now we are getting somewhere.”
Meanwhile back home… “Baldwin,” said Annelie, “Steve called a while back looking for information about the Agnarsson’s”. “What is so strange about that?”, he asked. “Well, I tried to call him back but he will not answer,” she continued, “and I cannot get through to anyone, not even the cats.” “What?!”, he exclaimed, “where is Rock and the other girls? Get them in here!” They came running in.
“How are you 3 feeling?”, he asked, “good, get ready to go join the others!” He did not even wait for an answer from them. Rock was actually feeling fine, so was Kristina, but Carine was worse than before. Annelie mentioned that, so Baldwin told her to get back to bed. He got Mriya to go along on this trip instead.
Annelie was still in no position to go and Baldwin wanted her to stay behind. However, he decided to go along on this case too, he has been wanting to join a case for quite some time and get a little excitement. Rock and Annelie tried to convince him to stay but to no avail. Annelie gave them the information she had and off they went. They would be posing as guests for the lodge. But is that a wise thing?
To Be Continued.
©2022 Steve McLeod.
Yes!!! It’s a very wise thing!! I think it’s about time Baldwin gets involved!! But what was on Kats phone that’s so interesting 🤔 👀 🙄
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Yes, perhaps Baldwin can help with his wisdom on this case. Sometimes a new addition can be very helpful. But, if our enemies find out who he is, that could be a real problem! Hmm, what was on Kat’s phone, it definitely was something interesting! But why could Annelie not reach us? That is a bit odd.🤔👩👩👩👩👩👩😾😾😾🕵️
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Could it be that same gadget from the last case??🤔🤔 It kinda acts like it??🙄🙄
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Possible, or it could be some other kind of jamming device. If it’s the same one then John must be involved, but why would he be here?🤔
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Maybe it was his gang that Mikkael was involved with??🤔🤔😉😉
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Perhaps, but that was 5 years ago and John was not involved in anything big time back then, he was a loner.🤔🕵️
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Hmmm… maybe it was personal?🤔
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Possible, possible, but I think we have someone new on our hands. Perhaps we will know more when we find out what Annelie discovered. If she discovered anything useful. I wonder how Muffin is doing with Sigurbjorn? I do not think she’s mixed up with anything, but her parents might have been.🤔😺👩🕵️
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It’s a good thing it’s only Friday tomorrow, one more day this week to gather clues!😉😁🙃
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Yes indeed, we need to work fast, so far we haven’t gotten much accomplished except our enemy is keeping an eye on us. We need to find out how they are doing that too. Well, we found out a few other things too.
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Every little clue helps solve the puzzle!😉😁
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So very true. We also know that Mikkael is an idiot. Not sure if that helps with the case though.🙄
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Bad judgement is his crime it would seem..
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That’s no excuse if he was involved in illegal activities. He knows how to fight quite well, I wonder if he was someone’s bodyguard?🤔😬
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Now you’re cooking with propane!! 🤔🤔 I never considered that!🙄🙄
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I should test him with a gun and see how he handles it. That can reveal a lot.🤔
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Maybe you should have another member of the team do it?? You’re kinda fragile…🙄🙄😏😏
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Who you calling fragile? I can call for help quick as anyone!🤨
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Oh I’m sure of it!!😂😂😂
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I called Jennifer quick enough!
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Maybe??🤔🤔😛
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Okay, Storm called her, but I called Storm.🙄😺
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Good thing he was quick!!😂😂😂😂
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I was doing okay.🤔
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Really?? You were??🤭🤭
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I wasn’t knocked out or anything, was I?
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Only because you used your head to get in the way!!🤭🤭🤭😉
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Exactly, I always use my head in tough situations.
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And it’s a good thing too!! You could be hurt otherwise!!😂😂
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Always best to remain cool and use your head that’s for sure!😁😁
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You’re living proof it’s true!!😁😁😂😂😂😂
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Good morning Dusty!😁🌞😎
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Good Morning Perky 😁 😊 😉
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Grumble, grumble, growl, grick!
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I see brother Bear 🐻 stopped to visit you again this morning 🌄 🤭
You can still move pretty quickly when you need to!😂😂😂
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As the saying goes, necessity is the brother of preservation!😮🐻
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Maybe he just wanted a cup of coffee ☕️ with you?😂😂
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He can bring his own coffee! I don’t have cups that big!
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Put a bowl of coffee ☕️ out for him!😉😊😁🤭
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What are you trying to do to me?? Oh well, coffee is done so time to go out and try for some pics. Talk later!😁
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Okie dokie, I’m going to a movie 🎬 at 12 also. Talk with you later!😊😁 Have a great afternoon!😃😁😊
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Did you take any good pics?🤔😁😊
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I got a couple different flowers, but none of the insects I was after. They were shy today.😁🐝🦟🐞
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That will happen… perhaps they don’t have their summer tan yet?🤭😁😊😂
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Flowers get tanned?😮😮😮
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Could be?? But I meant the bugs 🐛 😅
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Oh, I thought they just get fried.🙄🙄
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Like French fried?🍟 😋😋😂😂😂
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You may if you wish,🙄 I will stick with the potato variety myself.😁
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Ooooo… yeah!! Potato bugs are huge!! More crunch with every bite 😋 😜 🤪 😂😂😂
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I must say, you do have a varied diet.🙄🙄😮
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I’m thinking you must like them 🤔 😏
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You’re the one talking about eating them.🤔🙄🙄
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Didn’t you mention French fries?🤔🤔 🍟
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No, that was you. Rats, I forgot to do something that I was going to do and now I didn’t do it.🤔🙄🙄
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Go get the feeders!!😬😬
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What feeders? The bear smashed them, remember?🐻🙄
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Oh yeah.. brother Bear 🐻 again😬😬 Did you feed Muffin??🤔
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Yep, fed and scritched. Fed Sir Henry just now too. I wonder if I should feed me too?
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That would be a very good idea!!😋😋
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Nah, then I have to serve myself, everyone else gets served.🤔 Sigh. I can wait for morning.🙄
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Call door dash!😁😁😊😂😂
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My door doesn’t dash, it just kind of hangs around.😂😂😹😹
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Kinda like us!!😂😂😂😂
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Hey, I can do the 20 foot dash in under 10 seconds!😁😁
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Show off!!😂😂😂
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Oh, I’m sorry, I should have realized.🙄🙄
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I was gonna say your slowing down in your old age🙄
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Really? I’ll have you know that’s a new speed record in the over 120 age group!🤔🙄
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At least you’re moving up in competition!🤭🤭
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But getting up is the hard part!😂😂😹😹
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It’s the effort that counts though!!😉
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And it sure is an effort to get up! Especially once I get down! And now it’s time to get down again I think.🤔
Good night Dusty!😁🌛😴😴
Sleep light Dusty!😴😴
More chattering tomorrow!😁
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Good Night Speedy!😉
I hope you sleep well!🥱😴💤
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Hey… guess what I found out today??🤔🤔😉🙃
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You have 2 chipmunks!😁🐿️🐿️
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Maybe? But that’s not it!
I have been extended to December 1st to work from home!😁
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Hey, that’s great news! Now you can go back to the tropics and relax for a bit!😁😁
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I can!! And will… but I still have 2 more Heart appointments. One this Tuesday, and another in July!😬😬
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In July? you have to stay that long?🤔😯
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Yes unfortunately!! The last appointment is for an ultrasound of my heart to make sure the murmur is serious. The earliest I could get in was the 17th I think? I was supposed to go back on the 9th. I have two tests, one is an echocardiogram, and a myocardial perfusion. One is this Tuesday and the other in July.The perfusion test is Tuesday.
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Well, at least you are getting your appointments fast, it would take much longer here that’s for sure. Perfusion sounds horrible, I hope it isn’t.😬😯🙄
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It’s part of the stress test! They inject a dye a then see if there are any blockages and how badly blocked they are if they are!😏
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Hmm, how about that! I have had stress tests before but have never been perfused. Guess they already knew I was a blockhead!😂😹
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Hey I like a little petfume!😁😊😂😂
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Don’t forget to use some before your next appointment.😁
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Oh no!! I can’t! No lotions or perfumes or medicines until I’m done with the test!
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We have those rules here too.
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Maybe it’s because I might have to remove my shirt??🤔🤔🤔🤭🤭🤭🤭
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If you gonna have a stress test you will need to remove your shirt. They can’t stick those electrodes on you with your shirt on.🙄🙄
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Yeah… but I have a hairy chest and stomach 😫 😩 😕
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Not after the pretty nurse finishes shaving you!😂😂😹😹
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😳😲 what?? Nobody said anything about shaving nothin or somethin!!🤨🤨
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It’s the only way they can stick those electrodes into you, need clear skin. The nurse that came in to stick them on me looked and said, “I’m sorry, I need to shave that hair off.” Go ahead, said I. She used a nice sharp razor so it went fast.
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But.. but… but… what if she’s not good with a shaver??? I could get all cut up!!!😳😳😳
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They’re all good, you won’t feel a thing. And they always use a new razor so its nice and sharp.😂😂😹😹
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Did I tell you I was thinking of going back south tomorrow??🤔🤔🤔😳😳😳
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Don’t worry, the nurse that shaved me had a big jar of bandaids handy.
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Oh… now I feel better!!🙄🙄🙄😏😏
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She was very quick with them too.
Well, it’s time to call it a day. It’s a day.😛🙄😂😹
Good night Dusty!😃😴😴
Sleep good with visions of razors running over you!😂😂😹😹
More chattering tomorrow!😁😃
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😲😳😳😳 you just had to say that didn’t you??🤨🤨🤨
Good Night Perky Steve!
Sleep Tight perky Steve
Pleasant Dreams 😴 🥱 TTYT 😁😊😂😂
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I will need to stay an extra week or so.😒
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Um, July is more than a week away.🙄
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Yes, I know. But what am I supposed to do? After these tests I am having all of my records transfered to the clinic down south so I don’t need to do this again.
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Yep, gotta do what you gotta do, at least it’s in the summer and not winter!😬
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Absolutely!! I am very thankful for that!😁😊
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And you can enjoy some pontoon time on the lake. I still think you should take it back with you and stick it in the pool.😁🛥️😃
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I’d like to very much!😂😂
Can you imagine how much the gas would cost to get it there??😳😲 But I can’t this time. I don’t have my truck here to tow it with..😔😏 Or a place to keep it..
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Wait for a strong north wind to push you, better gas mileage! You keep it in the pool.😁🙄
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I’d need a bigger pool then!😂😂😂
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Details, details.🙄🙄
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Pesky things aren’t they??😬😬
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Only if you let em. I still say put it in or on or over the pool. Then you can open the hatch in the floor and go fishin!😁😁
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Good idea!! I’ll ask my landlords if they mind!😁😊😂😂😂
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Now you’re talking!😁🎣🐟🦈
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I might need to take them fishing though…🤔🤔
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Hmm, better stock the pool with fish then.😂😹
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Yeah…😁😁😁😁
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I tried to setup a time for tomorrow to go visit my brother that has/had colon cancer, but he was to busy.. so that was a bummer 😕 😐 but I’ll try again in a few weeks.
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That’s too bad, you can always try again another day.
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Yeah.. I will!
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All because I had a slow heart beat!!😔
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It’s a good thing they found out though! Now they can fix the problem before it becomes a problem.😁
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I hope it was just the blood pressure medicine. Which they have stopped prescribing now. Yay!!!
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Mostly likely it was that. But don’t you need that?
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Apparently not I guess?? After the tests are finished, they may give me a different type of BP medicine if my BP is high. But my BP on Tuesday was perfect according to them. So who knows??🤪🤪
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Maybe it was work related stress or northern living related stress causing it to go high.🤔
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That’s very likely as I have been taking it for quite a while!
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Aha! I was right!
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I agree!!😁😁
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Watch your back ! The cats need to be on their toes quicker than ever ! Looking forward to the next chapter ! 🕵️♂️👩👩👩🙀🙀🙀
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Yes, so far the worst problem is Mikkael, but I’m sure other problems will show up soon too! We also need to find out how they are watching and listening to us. Yep, I think the cats are going to be very important on this case, they already have been too!😬👩👩👩👩👩👩😼😼😼🕵️
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