For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
“Muffin, you need to stop pacing back and forth like that,” said Carine. Meow,meow?=How else I supposed to pace, there is other way? Carine chuckled, “no, there is no other way, but it makes me nervous to see you like that.” Meow,meow.=My human far away, in big time trouble and I not able to help. I feel tumbly terrible. “What does tumbly mean Muffin?”, asked Sigurbjorn.
Meow.=Tumbly mean very big and bad terrible. It something me think of one time. “Thanks MC,” said Sigurbjorn, “I sure hope I can find a cat like you cats to have for my very own.” “We are doing everything we can Muffin,” said Annelie, “it will all work out okay.” Meow,meow.=Me hope so, but I so worried. Maybe not never see my human ever again. Sigurbjorn picked her up and cuddled her. “I feel very bad too Muffin,” she said, “it seems like it is my fault that your human is going through all of this.”
“Don’t feel that way Sigurbjorn,” said Galyna, “it is just Harmon going after Steve because he hates him so much.” “I just hope Kat can get through to John, that might help,” said Annelie. Meanwhile at the courthouse…The fake John was good with his testimony, too good, he had everything memorized just too well. And that was bad. Then my lawyer had his chance to question this John.
He kind of tripped him up a couple of times, but not seriously enough to hurt anything. We needed some proof that he was not the real John. Annelie did that for us with this guy’s driver’s license. That proved he was a fake, something my lawyer brought out the next day, showing a copy of the man’s license. That caused quite a stir in the courtroom and the fake John was there that day too. But he got up to run, however two of my girls stepped into the aisle to stop him.
Then he turned and called out Harmon saying he had been paid by Harmon to give the testimony. But then another man got up and punched the fake John to shut him up, but Angel kicked him. The police then arrested both men by the judges request. My girls got off with a warning since they were helping stop the men. Then my lawyer called for our surprise witness, the real John.
He came in with Benson in front and Rock behind him for protection. I must say that John was impressive with his testimony. I could easily see that Harmon was not comfortable. Even his lawyer was unable to get John to trip up in his testimony. John knew exactly what to say and not say. Rock and Benson escorted him back out of the courtroom afterwards. If the jury convicts me now it would prove they have been bought by Harmon, well, prove to us anyway.
Watching the jury all this time I am quite sure they are in Harmon’s payroll. But that does not help. Meanwhile, back at home…”Annelie, when Steve and I were trapped in the cave I told him about a book I saw in Mikkael and Fjola’s bedroom when I was cleaning one day,” said Sigurbjorn. “What kind of book?”, asked Annelie.
“It was a book full of names, 200 names in all,” she said, “and beside each name groups of numbers and letters. I have no idea what it meant, but Steve thought it was important.” “Do you still have that book?”, asked Annelie. “Oh no, I left it there,” she said, “if I had taken it they would have known right away and I would be in serious trouble.” “Oh, that is too bad,” said Annelie rather deflated at the news. “But I memorized the book,” said Sigurbjorn, “I can memorize most anything very quickly.”
“Do you remember any of it?”, asked Annelie, more excited now. “Yes, of course, the whole thing,” she said. “Give it to me,” said Annelie. Sigurbjorn then went through all 200 names for her. “It is a list of people that obviously work for Harmon, but I do not know what all these numbers and letters mean,” said Annelie, “perhaps a code of some kind. Just wait!”
And she called Jake, telling him what was going on. “So I need a very big favor Jake,” she said. “Name it girl, you got it,” he said. “I have this book,” she began and told him a couple of names and the code. “You have a gold mine there girl,” said Jake, “those people work for Harmon, there addresses, money coming in and going out. I could sell that to any of Harmon’s competitors and he would be out of business, and I would be rich.”
“Um, that does not help too much in the present situation though,” she reminded him. “Sure it does,” he said, “because I will give Harmon first chance to buy it back, and the price will be Steve’s freedom. You know, this Mikkael must have been high in The Company and looked after the payouts and income. That means he would have a large safe at the lodge to keep all that cash safely tucked away. Now what you need to do is get in and find that safe and empty it before Harmon does.” “That is simple,” said Sigurbjorn, “he does have a large walk in safe full of money, and I know the combination.”
To Be Continued.
©2022 Steve McLeod.
Nice!!😁😊 You can take his money and round up all of his workers at the same time!!😁
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Getting the money won’t be easy with the police guarding the place. And those 200 people are located all across N. America and Europe, so rounding them up won’t be easy without the police to help us. And Rossana is on a secret assignment at the moment so she cannot help either. Things are just not looking good. Unless Jake can pull off his idea.🤔🕵️
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He’s very resourceful!! I think the odds might be pretty good!!😉
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He is and if he can make a deal with Harmon to drop charges against me in such a way that the police won’t then try to charge me, then that will be great. If Harmon doesn’t want to make a deal however, then my goose is cooked for life.😬🙄🕵️
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Maybe!! We’ll need to wait and see what comes in the next few chapters!😉😁
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Yes indeed! This might take some time. So far it has been moving along, but things can be disrupted. And that would be bad. Jail life is for the criminals!🤔😬🕵️
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Very true!! But I think Kat and team will find something that will exonerate you 🤔
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They are certainly trying hard! Prison for life is not what I had in mind for retirement!😬🕵️
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Not plan A that’s for sure but as a backup…🤔🤔 well…. three hots and a cot!! Hard to beat!😂😂😂
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Sure, and sharing a room with who knows what. And those cots are not exactly a bed, and with my injuries, I wouldn’t last a year.☠️😵
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I’m sure they would give you a nice comfy cell!!😉
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Don’t count on it, remember, I’m supposed to be a dangerous murderer!😬😬😮
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Maybe you should send them a photograph of you?😒🤔
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Send it to who? Everyone knows what I look like, that’s kind of a problem.😟🕵️
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Then they can see you aren’t able to kill either of them!😉
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I don’t get the connection.🤔
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Me either🙄🙄 but I saw Perry Mason use it once to win a murder trial!🤔🤔🤭🤭
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Maybe I need that guy!
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I can put in a good word for you!😁😊😂😂
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How about a few more words?
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Alright!!! But just this once!!😉😁😂😂😂😂
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I have a headache tonight that’s coming from my neck and it’s not going away 🤕🤕😖
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Good thing your neck is not going away or your head would roll away.😂😂Did you fall asleep sitting today? That can hurt the neck.🤔
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No… it just gets inflamed when the weather changes…
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Supposed to get hot here tomorrow again.
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Yep! Same here!! Although I’ll be inside all day!
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You should be out on the lake in this weather!
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I’d love to be! It is very comfortable today!😎
But work comes first!😝
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Go after work to unwind.😁
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I might do that!! But I need to buy groceries also🙄🙄
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Groceries can wait until tomorrow! Well, I’m gone again to check around outside for insects! While the sun still shines!😁📷
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Alright.. I won’t BUG you!😛😛😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Have fun!😉😊😁
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I’m here now, are you here now?🤔
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I am! You must have had a busy day!😊😁
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Well, not really, it was kind of a laid back day, a little too much so at one point!😂😹
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It’s good to have those days!😉😁 A person definitely needs them now and again!😁
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Yep, I would have gone for a walk to the river but my back was not cooperating today, so, stay home, relax and take pics out in the yard.😁📷
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Good Job!!😁 So no chapter today??🙄🙄 I peeked a short time ago🙄🙄
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Hmm, you must have missed it because it was posted a while back.
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Ooooo you are sooooo bad!!😛😛
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It’s been out for ages already!
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HA!! and HA HA!!😛
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Like 18 minutes ago!!😛😛😛
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That’s WP time!😂😹
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That’s more like Steve time!!😂😂😂
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I have the correct time!😛😛😛
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That’s Steve time alright!!😂😂😂
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BRB😛
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Okie and dokie!
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I’m back!! Miss me??🙄🙄
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Did you go somewhere? Well, we have enough now to ruin Harmon for good, but will it help?🤔
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Only if you can imitate him directly! And since he doesn’t own the property where the money was you might just make him more angry…. does anything in the book have his name on it?🤔🤔
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One of the books the girls found in the safe lists all the directors of The Company, but not Harmon. However, if those directors were contacted I am sure they would get rid of Harmon very quickly.🙄
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You’re gonna need to implicate him directly!😉
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The directors won’t care, once word gets to them that these books are in our possession then Harmon will “quietly” disappear. Perhaps with a new pair of cement boots out in the ocean.🙄🕵️
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We can only hope he ends up there!🤨
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If not then my team starts to really put on pressure, both on Harmon and the directors. If that still doesn’t work, then the info goes to their competitors and The Company is finished. Which is ultimately what we want anyway. Or we will give the info to Rossana and let her get the international police after these people.😠🕵️
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Now that’s the spirit!! Mop the floor with that guy!!🤨
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Yep, we are going to make life miserable for him if he doesn’t cooperate.😠
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I believe that! You get them girls all riled up and they will teach him a lesson!
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Yes indeed! And right now…oops,😯 almost got ahead of myself. But that will be in tomorrow’s chapter.😁🕵️
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Great! See? Now that kinda hint will keep waiting a day to read!!😁😉
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Good, that’s why I do it!😂😹
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And you’re better than great at it too!!😁😊
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Why thank you so much!
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You’re so absolutely positively very much more than Welcome!😁😁😁😊😊😊😸😸😸
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Thank you! Well, I hate to admit it, but the eyes are getting hard to keep open,🥱 I was up kinda early today. So, time for that bed time thing again. Good night Dusty!😁🥱 Sleeping well.😴😴 Will be back with more chatter on the morrow!😁
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Good Night 😴 🥱 🌃 🌙 ✨️
Happy Pleasant Dream Land!😁
TTYT😉
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Exciting events ! Poor Muffin ! She misses her human ! Harder things are yet ahead ! So get the rest needed ! 🕵️♂️👩👩👩😿😼😼❗️
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Yes, new events are happening at this moment and some are not good! We just can’t seem to get things going our way. But Jake has yet to do his job so we will see how that works out. In todays chapter, now available, the girls and cats are at work!🤔👩😼😼😼🕵️
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Thank you so much for sharing!
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