For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Well, we arrived at the right village, I think, hard to tell though. The village talked about in the clue was a hundred years ago, it has changed a lot since then. So, how do we find what we are looking for? It is a good thing we have Tuva with us, she comes from northern Finland, so she not only understands the language, she understands the people in this area.
Sigurbjorn and Luvia are also fluent in speaking Finnish. We split up and walked around the small town. Tuva and Luvia went together and noticed an older lady sitting at a table in a coffee shop. They went in and ordered coffee and began to talk with the lady. She was overjoyed and invited them to sit and talk, which they did, for over an hour. Then the lady had to leave so the girls did too.
We all met back at the vans which we had parked along the main street, which was rather short. We did find two log homes, which is what we are looking for, but they appeared to be quite new, and besides, people were living in them. Now what do we do? Tuva and Luvia came back all excited and told us what they had found out from the lady.
Apparently, there is an older village, now a ghost town, about 50 km north of here. After WWII they changed the direction of this highway and bypassed that town, so everyone moved over here and made this town the large town we now see. It is not large, but I guess to some it could be considered large. So, this ghost town must be quite small. We found it by driving down a dirt road about 1 km out of town.
Trees had grown up all over the townsite, which was very difficult to see since most of the buildings were gone or broken down. A couple of the log homes were still fairly intact, so we decided to check them out first. We found nothing, so we began to check out other places, but we still came up empty handed. I was starting to feel rather odd, so John suggested we go back to the hotel. “Good idea John,” I said, “I think perhaps I am hungry.” We had already reserved rooms at the only hotel in town. There was also a restaurant in town, so we went there for dinner. The hotel only serves breakfast.
Meanwhile back home… Chung comes into the chateau around midafternoon. “Good timing Chung,” said Annelie, “I just finished a fresh batch of donuts.” “Oh my,” he said, “that is very fortunate timing indeed. Is Steve around or has he gone out?” “You did not know?”, she asked, “they went to Finland chasing down another clue.” “Oh dear, that is not good,” he said, shaking his head. Rock came in just then. “What is not good Chung?”, he asked.
“Steve is a month overdue for his needle,” he explained, “the one to fight his ‘nowhere’ trouble. He might start having problems about now. Kat always took care of this, and she did not miss. I will have to instruct Jennifer or Sigurbjorn about this, so he does not miss again. I also wanted to put his new chip in now as well.” “He does not have the new chip yet?” asked Rock, “I thought we all had it implanted already.” “No, there has been much going on,” he explained, “and without Mriya to help, I have gotten behind.
Steve, Jennifer, Sigurbjorn and John do not have the new alarm chip.” “I will call Jenny right now,” said Rock, “and make sure she keeps an eye on Steve.” He did so, and Jenny told him I was not feeling good, that my head was really bothering me again. “Make sure you keep a close eye on him,” said Rock, “and if anything more happens, get home right away, even if you have to tie up Steve and drag him back! Do not leave him alone at any time.” He also told her I did not have the new chip, which would be bad if I decided to wander off by myself.
Now, back to us in Finland… Jennifer immediately told Sigurbjorn, Galyna and Kristina the news, they were all sharing a room. I had my own room, except for the cats, all 3 were with me. Jennifer came knocking on my door, so I let her in. She asked how I was feeling. I told her I was not doing well and maybe I had picked up the flu. Then she told me what Chung had said. “Oh, that is right,” I admitted, “I should have had that shot about a month ago. Kat always looked after those things.”
“Well, Sigurbjorn, Galyna and I are going to take over looking after that for you,” she said, “and if you are feeling worse in the morning, we are heading home.” “Yeah, that might be smart,” I said, “but…”
To Be Continued.
Β©2022 Steve McLeod.
Ooooo…. this is bad!! Real bad!! You should get on the jet tonight no waiting no excuses!!π¬π²π²π³
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It could be bad indeed. But we are all too tired for the long drive back to where our jet is located. But we will leave in the morning if things get worse. Hopefully I will be better. π¬π©ππππ΅οΈ
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That doesn’t really seem how this nowhere thing works…π¬ it seems you only keep getting worse when the symptoms start!π€
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Yes, that is true, but maybe it is something else, like the flu, or something I ate, or didn’t eat. π€π©ππ΅οΈ
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It could be any ir all of them…. but if it walks like a cat and meows like a cat… it’s probably Muffin and you should head for home!! Post haste!!π€¨π€¨ππ
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Well, we have to wait for morning anyway, it’s too long of a drive with everyone so tired. Then we can leave after breakfast fully recharged! ππ΅οΈ
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What if you don’t make it until morning??π³π³
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Well, we hope that I will. I might be taking a chance, but we are so close to locating what we are looking for, I just don’t want to quit just yet. π€π΅οΈ
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Mmm….mmm…. I have a bad feeling somethings about to go terribly horribly wrong!! π
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What could go wrong? Jenny and Sigurbjorn are staying with me, the cats are with me. I’m in good hands, and paws too! Though I agree, it seems like there might be trouble ahead.π€π΅οΈ
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I have that feeling!!!π¬π¬π¬
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I still don’t see what could go wrong though, everyone is here and we can leave quickly if need be. Although, there is always that unexpected thing that just happens to come along. Like perhaps Mandar.π€π΅οΈ
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I was sensing he could be in the vicinity!!π¬π¬ Plus… you could over power the girls or ever threaten them with a gun and wander if into the night π π
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Well, I doubt I could overpower them, Jenny could kill me with those kicks of hers. But yeah, a gun would give me that advantage. Except they took my gun. And the cats already know that if I ever turn out to be a problem, they are to Thwock me!ππ€πΌπΌπ΅οΈ
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Hmmm…. that’s asking a lot of them!! But ok! You know yourself best!! Let’s hope you find that note or treasure before Mandar catches up to you!!
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Yep, I hope so too. Find it quick and get out of here and back home! I think perhaps this could just be part of the grieving process for Kat. But I could be wrong. ππ΅οΈ
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That is a lot of stress… and stress isn’t good fir your condition… hopefully all will be well in the morning!π
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Yes, if this is the ‘nowhere’ disease again, then stress like that would certainly make it much worse. But the 4 of them will take turns staying awake to watch me tonight, so I can sleep well knowing that. π΄π΅οΈ
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They are a loyal and doting team!ππ
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They do get paid well too. But I’m sure they would do it anyway. πππ΅οΈ
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Me too!!ππ
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And I have a plan in case Mandar should happen to show up again. π€π΅οΈ
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Do tell!!ππ€«π€«
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I can’t, it’s a surprise and Mandar might be listening. π¬π΅οΈ
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That could be!! He is sneaky that way!!π€«π€«
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Yep, that’s right! And Mandar might even be you! π¬π΅οΈ
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Why I never!!π€πhumph!! You take that back!!π€¨π€¨
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Okay. !uoy eb neve thgim radnaM dnA π
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Ha!!πππ€
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I knew you would enjoy that one! But Mandar could be hiding just about anywhere. π¬π΅οΈ
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I understand! But I’ve been on your side ever since I started on WP!π
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But he could be hiding in your closet listening to us talk right now! Sorry about that, but I have to be careful. He is always popping up all over! π¬ππ΅οΈ
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I suppose that’s true! He did learn a lot of tricks from Brenda I suppose..ππ€
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That is true, and I still don’t understand Mandar. Sometimes he seems to work against us, and sometimes he helps us. Is he good or bad, I’m not sure. π€π΅οΈ
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Maybe he struggles with his sense of fair play?π€
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Quite possibly it could be possible.
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Or maybe he’s just nuts and the squirrels are looking for him!!πππ
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Whatβ this chip thing ? I would never have it done ! π€π€… Something is out of kilter ! π² Do not give in to this implant ! …can it be removed ? There must be a better way ! Who got this implant ? Who made the Who said that you should have it done ?Hmmm π€ …Did you ever have checked out Dr. Chung ? Please do not be roped into it ! π΅οΈββοΈπ€βοΈ
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We have had these chips for a long time now, they are our alarm chips so we can send out a help signal and the team can follow it to find us. No problem with them. Baldwin had his lab team invent them for us and they have been a great help in several cases now. You must remember me mentioning them before. Yes, all our team members get checked out thoroughly. Including the cat test. And he was someone that greatly helped Kat when she was young and got involved in a gang. Plus he saved my life a couple of times too. We are just getting new chips implanted because the old ones had given Brenda a chance to track us. These new ones are better so others can’t use them to track us. Plus implanting them doesn’t leave a scar, so no one knows about them except us. Even the cats have them. π€π©πΌπΌπΌπ΅οΈ
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