For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
I woke up nice and refreshed. I looked around and Jennifer was lying on the bed beside me, fast asleep. Meow,meow.=It okay, we cats are watching. Human Jennifer very sleepy so we say she go to sleep while we watch. We sound alarm if anything happen. “Good for you Muffin,” I said, “that was the right thing to do. But, do not tell anyone this or Baldwin might not want her to guard me anymore. Meow,meow.=Oh, we not tell, not want that to happen. Human Jennifer would be very sad then.
“Yes, I think you are right Muffin,” I said, then I woke up my guard. “Oh my,” she said, “I really did not mean to sleep for so long, I am very sorry Steve.” “That is okay,” I said, “the cats were awake and doing a good job. We will keep this a secret though.” “Thank you Steve,” she said, “I do not think Baldwin would be too happy.” Right then Sigurbjorn came in to take over guarding.
Fortunately Jenny was standing by that time. “Do you girls ever knock?” I asked. “Nope,” said Sigurbjorn smiling. Jenny left to get ready for breakfast and so did I. Then Sigurbjorn, the cats and I went down for breakfast. Meow!=Oh, it pancakes, yummy! Meowr.=Lots of bacon! Annelie laughed, she is our main cook now. She actually volunteered for the job. The other girls take turns helping her and cleaning up afterward.
Rock and I help out with that too, sometimes, usually we get chased out of the kitchen since we usually end up breaking something. Rock is especially bad at that. Rock and I went to the library with some of the girls. “You know, I have been thinking about this,” I said to Rock. “You are not supposed to be thinking,” he said, “you are supposed to relax. Every time you think, there are problems.” “Thanks,” I said, “but I shall continue anyway. I do not think anyone is after me. Someone just wants to tie us up here for whatever reason. Perhaps they want to go after Baldwin.”
“He has a lot of help over there,” said Rock, “I doubt anyone could get at him.” “You see,” said Annelie, “now you can stop thinking and relax.” “How can I relax when someone has said I will be dead by next Monday?” I asked her. “That is rather odd,” said Kristina, “why would they warn you like that? It just means that you will be guarded even better, and that would make it harder to kill you.”
“Yes,” I answered, “that is very odd, unless this person is so confident that he wanted to make it harder.” “How do you know it is a male?” asked Annelie, “it could just as easily be a woman.” “True, that would be even more dangerous,” I admitted. “Watch that,” said Carine, “remember it is women guarding you.” “Which means I have the best guards,” I replied quickly. “Hmm, that was a quick response,” said Sigurbjorn.
Everyone laughed. Just then Baldwin and Benson came in quickly. “Are we in time for breakfast?” asked Baldwin, somewhat out of breath. “No,” said Annelie, “but I did save you some pancakes anyway, and there is more for you too Honey.” Rock seemed a bit embarrassed when Annelie called him Honey. Everyone smiled. “I will get a crew in here today to tear apart your bedroom and see what we can find,” said Baldwin after breakfast. He got out his phone to call someone.
“Wait Baldwin,” I said, “maybe Rock and Benson could do that, I would prefer not having any strangers coming in here right now.” “Yeah boss,” said Rock, “I love breaking stuff.” “Okay, that does sound like a good idea,” he said. They went at it quite joyfully and did find cameras and recording equipment. After that we started using our scramblers in every room before talking.
“This must have been done when the chateau was rebuilt,” I said to Baldwin, “so it was planned for quite a while.” “Yes, that is quite interesting,” he said, “it also means they have been listening in to our conversations for a long time.” “Yes, that part is not good,” I admitted, “now we just need to figure out who is doing this.”
“Well, you have made a lot of enemies these last few years Steve,” said Carine. “Yes, but John told me that Avina’s husband liked to work with holograms, so he would be our main suspect for now,” I said. “You are not supposed to be thinking,” said Angel smiling, “just relaxing.” “Good point,” said Baldwin, “we will think, you relax.” “That is not possible,” I said.
The cats checked out another bedroom and there were no hidden cameras or anything else to worry us. “How come you are here again tonight?” I asked Jennifer. “I am not letting the other girls stay in here at night,” she said firmly. She is sounding more like Kat all the time. Sigurbjorn came in and gave me a good massage before I went to bed. That was certainly a good way to relax. Jenny and I talked a bit, but I soon fell asleep. Six more days.
To Be Continued.
Β©2022 Steve McLeod.
Hmmmm…… Jenny is seeming awfully protective of you…ππ€π€ I know she wants to protect you but she also knows the others are quite capable too…π€
That means she will be close to you the whole time and…. in order to hurt you someone needs to be close to you??πππππ
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Well, I don’t think Jenny wants to harm me. Besides, the 3 cats are with me all night too and they take turns staying awake to watch as well. I still think there is something odd about this whole warning thing. Perhaps it is just a bluff or a test to see what we would do. That would give my adversary knowledge to know what they must do to get at me more easily. Or maybe Baldwin is doing this to test our response and readiness as a team. π€π©πΎπΎπΎπ΅οΈ
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All valid and possible scenarios π€π€ This is an odd episode!π I wonder where it could be going??π¬
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Yep, it is rather strange, but, what is the ultimate purpose behind this? Just trying to scare us? I still think it has nothing to do with me, it is about something else, or someone else, we just have to find out what it is, and soon. π€π©πΎπ΅οΈ
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Is there anyone you had protected in the past that could be at risk?
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A few people actually, but none that we have been in contact with recently. π€π΅οΈ
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Maybe you should check on them to see if there has been any strange goings on?ππ€
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That might be difficult, but I guess Annelie could track them down. But considering we are not in contact with these people, I am not really sure what this would have to do with them. π€π΅οΈ
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Well… if something were to happen to them or they were being threatened, who would they call?π€
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They might call us, but none have called yet. If strange things had been happening they would have called already. Maybe. π€π΅οΈ
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Maybe?? Or maybe they haven’t had a chance yet??π€π€
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Aha! That proves it! π€π΅οΈ
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That I’m nuts??πππ I coukd have told you that!!πππ
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No, no, that it doesn’t involve anyone else, because they haven’t been in contact with us yet. π€π΅οΈ
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That could be!!ππ
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I mean, there are so many people we protected over the years. And some survived too. π€π΅οΈ
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That parts good! Then the list shouldn’t be too long!!π€π€π€π€
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Um, well, that’s true, about 40% didn’t survive while we protected them, but it wasn’t our fault. π¬π΅οΈ
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There’s your list to start on!!π€π
I mean saving 6 out of 10 people is pretty good!ππ
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I am sure the other 4 people would disagree. But we did the best we could. And most of the ones we lost were when our team was much smaller, um, just Muffin and I. Hard to believe we didn’t get ourselves killed back then. And now someone wants to kill me! π―π΅οΈ
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That’s what they want you to think!! They haven’t tried anything yet… other than the hologram π€
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That’s true. I wonder when they will actually do something? How can I relax knowing that someone is out there waiting for just the right moment to kill me? Or maybe even someone inside! π―π΅οΈ
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How can you live your life trapped by a threat? You can’t! You have to live your life…. be cautious but not frightened to do what you want to do! You have more cases to solve! If you hide out in your Chateau you can’t work them!ππ
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Hmm, good point. But at the moment we don’t have any cases to work on. I also don’t want to be an open target deliberately and also put other team members in danger. But if we can find Avina’s husband, we will go after him for sure. He is our prime suspect in this. π€π΅οΈ
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Then you better get Annelie working on tracking him down!!
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She already is doing that, but this guy seems to have disappeared. That makes him an even better suspect! π€π΅οΈ
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How about John?? Does he have any leads?π€
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He has been checking his sources too, but no luck yet. π€π΅οΈ
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Where was his last known whereabouts? Might wanna start there π€
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He was in the US looking for supplies for something, that is all we know. π€π΅οΈ
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Hmmm…. well between Annalie and John, I’m sure they’ll get a line on him…π€π
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Hopefully, but he could be anywhere by now. π¬π΅οΈ
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So?? You have the team protecting you!! All you can do is wait!ππ
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I don’t want to wait like a sitting duck inside a hollow log shooting gallery! I want to fight! π π΅οΈ
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Then wait for him to show up!ππ
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Maybe I should go and walk around outside, that might bring him out in the open. Or not. ππ΅οΈ
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Make sure you’re wearing Blaze Orange so he can see you !!ππ
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He already saw me… ππΏ
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Did you tell her hi!?ππ
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I said “he”. And he didn’t miss.ππΏ
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Sorry… I was thinking it was the bear we were talking about. He didn’t miss??π²π²π³ I better go read that quick!! πββοΈ
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Yeah, we’re in the story here. π€ππ΅οΈ
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Hot it!π¬
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Keep your wits about you ! π€ is Jenny really Jenny ? π€ It appears that there is a possibility that you maybe are more involved in this conspiracy ! Hmmm π€…I have to look into this thought…be alert ! π΅οΈββοΈπ©π©π©πΌπΌπΌβοΈ
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Oh, I’m always alert, even if I pretend not to be sometimes. Yes, it is Jennifer, no one could take her place. I could pick out an imposter right away. I just want to know who is doing this so we can fight back! Although more and more I am thinking it is a test by Baldwin to see how we would react. π€π©πΎπΎπΎπ΅οΈ
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Why were only your room and one other room checked for surveillance devices? The whole place needs to be checked. Also, they would know about Baldwin because he calls and comes to your chateau. Need to find out why your alarm did not work when “Kat” appeared. Where was the blocking coming from? A trap needs to be set. Since the listening devices were on, while Jenny was sleeping, might be wise to double up at night, even with the cats there. Keep the one who wants you dead off guard!
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All of the rooms are being checked one by one, but it’s a big place, it will take some time. Yes, whoever is listening in will know about him for sure, that is something we need to be more careful about from now on. There was an auto shutoff installed so that when “Kat” came in it turned off the alarm. We want to keep as few girls involved as possible, just in case. The cats are good, and maybe better, than human counterparts. Right now we are checking the crew that was working on the interior of the chateau, and the electrical, since one or more of them set this up. Avina’s husband is still a good suspect if we can find him, he has disappeared completely. With the security system we have in this chateau, done under our supervision, no one could get inside here without us knowing. Fortunately no one would know Jennifer was sleeping since she meowed with the cats, and did not speak to them, that way no one could understand. Only 4 of the girls can do that, and they are the ones guarding me. But we will soon be hitting back. π€π©πΎπΎπΎπ΅οΈ
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Looking forward to your hitting back!
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Me too, and it begins!
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Very tricky but good you saw something. Mandar again? Or is it a group?
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Mandar seems the likely choice and he is the one we go after. He will have to prove he had nothing to do with it, and that may not be easy.π€π©πΎπΎπΎπ΅οΈ
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Mandar is a chameleon and not trustworthy. Too and you can’t go after the doctor.
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I just noticed this is still chapter 2 and I’m giving clues from chapter 3! No more clues until you’re finished reading chapter 3. ππΉ
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Whoops! I meant for the comment to go on Chapter 3,
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