Steve`s Country
For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
The Investigators, Inc. The Northern Mystery. Chapter 6. Halifax.
We did have a nice relaxing night as well as our first day in Halifax, a nice little city in Nova Scotia. We had a nice, quiet hotel with a park right across the street from us. We all took turns during the day to relax in the park and let the cats run around. The next morning we went to a pancake restaurant for breakfast, very early so we could get the cats in too. The management was very cooperative in letting them in, but we had to keep them hidden from view so they would not get in trouble.
The cats were not too happy with that. Meow,meow?=What they think, we have terrible disease? Meow.=Yeah, not nice, we clean, have bath this morning. MC meant that he washed himself, as did Muffin, since we were going out for breakfast. Soon after we got there a blind man came in with his service dog and sat down on the other side of the restaurant.
He did not seem to have any trouble walking over there. But perhaps he comes in here a lot. Meow?=Why dog can come in and not cats? “He is a service dog MC,” I explained, “he helps his human so he can go out and walk around safely because his human is blind.” Meow?=Blind mean not able to see, right? “That is right MC,” I answered. Meow?=Then why he read food paper?
MC was referring to the menu. I stared at him, then over at the man. “MC is right,” said Galyna, “I noticed that but it just did not register.” “Well, perhaps he can still see a little,” I said. Then our waitress brought our pancakes. The cats were very excited and the waitress said they could sit on the table and eat theirs too. That made them feel a lot better. “Does that man over there come in here often?”, I asked.
“No, it is the first time I have seen him,” she said, “the other waitress said he was completely blind.” I was going to say something but decided not to. While we were eating I noticed the man looking our way quite frequently. “He does not act like someone with sight impairment,” said Galyna, “he is just pretending.” Hmm, I thought, that is very interesting. But why would he be watching us?
We finished our pancakes and left, walking back to our hotel. This coded message is worse than the first one, it made no sense whatsoever. None of us could make out even one of the symbols, but there were a few numbers as well, however, they made no sense without knowing what the symbols meant. Sigh. Kat and Rossana said they needed a break so they walked down to a convenience store about 3 blocks away.
Sigurbjorn started with my daily massage, I was certainly tense right now, this message was getting to me, plus thinking about that man this morning. It made me a bit nervous, though I could not imagine that Brenda found us already. When Kat and Rossana came back they had some news for us. “A couple men from that park followed us to the store,” said Kat, “and back again. They stopped in that park across the street when we came into the hotel.”
“Hmm, I do not like that,” I said, “time to bait a trap for them. Kat, you and Rossana go to the larger park down the street. And take Muffin with you this time, she can watch behind you so you do not need to keep an eye on those guys. Muffin, if anything strange happens, press your alarm button right away. After you get to that park, let me know and I will send Rock and Benson after you so they can introduce themselves to those other men.” They did so and I waited for their call.
I knew approximately how long it takes to walk down there and I knew the men followed them. So, when I heard nothing after about 1 minute beyond what it should take I told Rock and Benson to get there fast! MC went with them, riding on Rock’s shoulder. I then sent Kristina, Sovia and Susanna a couple of minutes behind them. I told everyone it is code red, which means they do whatever they need to do for protecting each other. Sigurbjorn and Galyna stayed with me.
To Be Continued.
©2022 Steve McLeod.
Steve`s Country 
Amazing !
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you so very much! Glad you enjoyed it!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Exciting events ! I wonder why Muffin did not sound the alarm ! 🤔😼🕵️♂️👩👩👩😼🤭 something is definitely wrong ! Be careful !
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, something must have happened very fast for Muffin to not be able to send the alarm to us! But what could have happened? And who knows we are here? It can’t be Brenda, but maybe another enemy has found us!🤔👩😾😾🕵️
LikeLike
Brenda couldn’t have found d you that fast!!🤔🤔 I wonder who these yahoo’s are and what their game is??🤔🤔
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, no chance that Brenda could find us so fast, if at all. I think someone else is after us, perhaps an old enemy has turned up. Or maybe someone new that is also after this treasure. yet, how could they know about us and where to find us?🤔👩😾😾🕵️
LikeLike
Maybe Brenda had some of her minions watching you??😳😲
LikeLiked by 1 person
But how could they watch us, she didn’t know where we were, let alone where we are now. It must be someone else with another fight against us for some reason.🤔👩😾😾🕵️
LikeLike
But how would they know where you were??🤔 It could be someone who saw you find the second note??🙄🤔🤔
LikeLiked by 1 person
Perhaps, but how would they know where we went afterward, we have our own jet so following us would not be easy. And there was no one else around when we found that clue. This is very intriguing. It makes me think it is not related to this treasure hunt at all, it must be something else. And what happened to Muffin, why didn’t she sound the alarm??😬👩😾😾🕵️
LikeLike
Those are all excellent points for which I have no answers to. But I do know someone who does, he’s kinda tight lipped so I doubt I’ll get any out of him.😏😏 I’ll just need to wait until Monday for the next chapter to find out!🙄🙄😏
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yep, guess that is true, but I am a bit worried about what happened to the 3 of them.😬🕵️
LikeLike
Yeah… me too🤔🤔 but it takes alot to surprise Muffin since she was trailing behind watching for trouble. So if something did happen it had to surprise her!! This could be very bad!😬😳😲
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes indeed, this could mean that these people know about Muffin not being just a normal cat and they silenced her before she could alert us! Were they all ambushed and killed?😮🕵️
LikeLike
Oh!!@😲 dont say that stuff!!🤨🤨 that would be horrible!!🥺😳😲
LikeLiked by 1 person
It’s the only thing that makes sense! What else could have happened? You don’t sneak up on Muffin.😬🕵️
LikeLike
It could be they used gas that one case were Kat and Muffin were kidnapped!😳😬😲
LikeLiked by 1 person
But they were all outside, that would make it much harder to use gas unless it was a rather large cloud of it.🤔🕵️
LikeLike
That’s true! Or they coukd have used darts like you do??😳
LikeLiked by 1 person
For that they would need to be close enough to be seen by Muffin. Unless they came rushing out of a nearby building just as the girls walked past!🤔🕵️
LikeLike
That’s got to be it!! They were watching and waited so they could get them all!😬😬😬😬
LikeLiked by 1 person
It’s quite possible, it’s about the only way it could be done! Well, there is another way…😮🕵️
LikeLike
Oh!!🙄 really?? Do tell!😁
LikeLiked by 1 person
I don’t think you would like to hear that one.🙄😬🕵️
LikeLike
Oh sure I would!!😁 but don’t spoil tomorrow’s chapter though..🙄😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
Okay, then I won’t say anything just in case there is a chapter tomorrow.😁🕵️
LikeLike
What??? You can’t do that!!🤨🤨😂😂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I just did.😁🕵️
LikeLike
Yes you did!!😛😂😂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh oh… I hear thunder outside!😬 I hope it’s a big one! I like listening to the rain at night. Very peaceful!🥱😴
LikeLiked by 1 person
I don’t hear anything, the sky is clear. Maybe you hear fireworks, there’s lots of it tonight!
LikeLike
That could be it also!!😉😂😂😂
LikeLiked by 1 person