Steve`s Country
For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
The Investigators, Inc. Back To Iceland. Chapter 1. Arrested.
Well, I’m finally back home after spending a week in the medical center. I feel almost back to normal now so hopefully we can continue our case and track down this police chief Harmon. It was just after breakfast when the police showed up at our door, 8 of them no less. I wonder what is going on now? We were going to find out very quickly. Carine answered the door and the police just pushed their way in, all the way to the library where some of us had gathered for coffee.
Fortunately Sigurbjorn was not with us. “What are you doing barging in here like this?”, I asked. “You Steve McLeod?”, said the man in charge. “Yes, I am,” I answered, “but back to my question now, what are you doing barging in here?” “You are under arrest,” he said to me and then turning to the other officers, “search the place boys.” “Hold on,” said Kat, “no one is going anywhere.” The other girls blocked the officers and Rock went over to join them.
“We have a search warrant,” he said firmly and handed it to Kat. She handed it right back saying, “this warrant is for the chateau that Steve owns, I own this chateau and no one is searching it.” “Call Baldwin Kat,” I said, which she did right away. “I am on my way over there now,” he said, “why, what is wrong?” The police are here to arrest Steve and search his chateau.” “What?”, he exclaimed, “do not let them search until I get there, I have my lawyer with me. What are the charges against Steve?”
“I do not know, he has not said yet,” she answered. “What kind of nut is he?”, said Baldwin, “tell them to wait in the entry until we get there. What are they searching for?” “According to the search warrant they are looking for someone named Sigurbjorn, but there is no one here by that name,” she told him. “My lawyer said to make them wait outside until we get there,” said Baldwin.
When the girls heard Kat mention that Sigurbjorn was not there, then Jennifer, Annelie and Carine quickly went and hid her off the property. The police seemed reluctant to go outside so I volunteered to go out with them, with Rock. It did not take long for Baldwin and his lawyer to arrive. The charges against me was murder of Mikkael and Fjola Agnarsson, threatening to kill Harmon and kidnapping Sigurbjorn who he claimed to be his adopted daughter.
They produced the proper ID for the lawyer and so I was arrested and taken back to Iceland to stand trial. Apparently Harmon and John were eyewitnesses to the murder. That was a laugh. But this was also very serious as it could land me in prison for a very long time. Baldwin had a team of 3 lawyers who were amazing at their job, but the evidence against me was getting to be overwhelming. I asked the main lawyer if I could talk with Kat, but that seemed out of the question, but I gave him a note to give her anyway.
Kat read the note and could not believe what I was asking her to do. “Annelie, I need to locate John and fast,” said Kat, “I want to meet him, wherever he wants and I will come by myself, unarmed.” Annelie thought she was crazy but she found John who was in London, England at the time. He agreed to meet Kat at a certain restaurant to keep things out in the open. “Let me get this straight,” he said trying not to laugh, “you want me to help Steve and keep him out of prison.”
“Yep, that is correct,” she said. “And what is in it for me?”, he asked. “You know I cannot offer you money, if it got out I bought your testimony we would both be in prison along with Steve,” she said, “but look at it this way, you always said that you would finish Steve yourself. If he goes to prison you will not be able to do that. And you hate this Harmon too, and he is just using you to help him.”
“No one is using me for anything,” he growled, “I would not help him if he paid me.” “But he has you down as his next witness on this case,” said Kat. “What?, I am not,” said John surprised. “You are on for tomorrow to testify,” said Kat, “unless he has someone pretending to be you, either way his is just playing you for a fool.” “No one does that to me!,” said John emphatically, “and one day it will be just me and Steve.”
As promised John was there to testify the next day, except it was not John, it did not even look like him. It has been a rough 3 weeks, sitting in jail and being in court, it was wearing on me. This Harmon must have some pull though, to get this trial going so quickly. I told my lawyer that this was not John and I had never seen him before.
To Be Continued.
©2022 Steve McLeod.
Steve`s Country 
Kat made John an offer he couldn’t turn down! The typical narcissist he is!🤭🤭
But this is serious stuff!! I’m sure Baldwins lawyers are up to the task… unless the Chief had bought the jurors also??😬😬 Can’t wait until tomorrow to see how this goes!!🤨🤨
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Yes, but will John actually testify or not? Will it help me? Could Harmon have bought the jury? If he did then I am finished for sure, even with John helping!😬👩🙀🙀🙀🕵️
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But is the Judge paid off also?🤔🤔 That’s a little mire difficult to accomplish!😉
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Yes, more difficult indeed, but always possible. But my fate is in the hands of the jury. Still, we can appeal if we lose this round, it will just mean staying in jail longer since there is no bail possibility.😬🕵️
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If you can prove the Chief is running an illegal enterprise, they won’t be able keep you locked up!
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Yes, but we need proof that he is the head of The Company, this book doesn’t mention Harmon at all. Harmon seems to be good at keeping himself distant from the operation. We need someone willing to talk perhaps. Or maybe there is something in that safe that would connect him to the operation.🤔🕵️
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Good thinking! Can you get access to the safe without being discovered?🤔🤔
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That might be a problem, apparently they have quite a few officers guarding that lodge due to it’s size and importance. And if the girls are caught, well, that would not look good for me.🙄🕵️
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But I’ll bet Jake could get someone inside!😉🤔
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Jake has gone into hiding for now. Making a deal with Harmon he has to be careful to stay hidden so Harmon’s boys don’t find him. He will get the book to Harmon after I am free, providing Harmon agrees to the deal.🤔🕵️
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Can’t wait to find out!!😁😁😁
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Yes, me too! This waiting is a killer!😧😮
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It could be if the team can’t get you out of this pickle jar!!😉😂😂
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I am in a pickle for sure, a real sour one!😟😟
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Somehow I think you’ll bet the rap on this one! Besides… what motive did you have to kill them both??😒🤔🤔
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Apparently I killed Sigurbjorn’s family too, so that is now 5 murders! Plus kidnapping Sigurbjorn who Harmon is claiming is his adopted daughter!🤯🤯🤯🕵️
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You were busy on this case!! Allegedly 🙄🙄🤭🤭
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I was after Mikkaels money which supposedly he never had, so he told us.
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And now you’ll never know what happened to it!!😳😳
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We’ll find out!
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Today?🙄🙄🤔🤔
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Some day…
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Nice!😉😁😛
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I thought so! Talk later!
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😉😁
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This is serious ! In jail for three weeks ?🙀 something has gone amiss ! 🤔 Am waiting for the next chapter ! 🕵️♂️👩😾
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Yes, things are not going well at the moment. It would seem that Harmon has the upper hand right now, but hopefully we can change that! Next chapter now available!😬👩🙀🕵️
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I am new to this story Steve, is there a part before this one? Also this is fiction? Sorry for the odd questions, I’m going to blame it on lack of sleep, or maybe I had to much sleep hahaha 😀🤣🤣😍
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Hi WebbBlogs! Nice to have you reading my mystery story! Yes, this is totally fiction, written by me. I am in the story, plus my cat Muffin and her boyfriend MC (though in the story they got married when Kat and I got married). MC is my friends cat and he entered the stories back in 2020. On my home page is a link to a page called 2020 Investigations, Inc with links to all the stories from that year. Likewise on my home page is another page with links to all the stories from last year. This story is actually part 2, though not mentioned as that, of the previous https://stevescountry.com/page/6/?s=the+icelandic+mystery&submit=Go#038;submit=Go. John, mentioned in this story has been an enemy of mine since the very https://stevescountry.com/2020/01/01/2020-investigations-inc-chapter-1/ story. I hope the links I provided here will work for you. The story has changed a lot since the very beginning when it was just myself and Muffin. Now we have a large team with members from several different countries. If you have any questions, just ask! I hope you enjoy the story!
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Oh thank you for explaining this to me. 😁 I love reading stories, so happy I found you. I will check out the links this evening 😀 😁
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You’re welcome! I am here to answer any questions! I will be doing a post soon giving an introduction to characters in the story since a number of new people have shown up recently and it’s easy to lose track of who’s who and what is going on.😁🕵️😺
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Oh yes that would be great!!
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I will try to get it done on the weekend.🕵️
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