For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
The next day I said that I would be going outside for a while. Everyone tried to convince me to stay inside where it was safe. “Forget it,” I said, “I am not hiding in here all week, I am going outside for a while, but you can come with me.” Everyone was quick to come along, and they went outside first to look around. That was nice, but a sniper could be out there, a long way off, and no one could see the person.
Tuva should know that, and actually, she said that once I was outside. It was a beautiful day, sunny, but not too hot, just perfect really. I am still thinking, trying to figure out what is going on. Annelie and John have still come up empty looking for Avina’s husband. If he is involved with this, I can understand why he would want to hide. That makes him look more guilty all the time.
But I doubt he could pull off killing me, so there must be someone else working with, or for, him. There are a lot of ‘hit men’ out there that he could hire for the job. “Sigurbjorn, would it be possible to have another massage this afternoon?” I asked. “No problem, Steve, anytime you want one, just ask,” she said, “the girls have all given up their massage times so you can have more this week.” That was nice of them, I thought, though it did make me feel a bit guilty too, taking away their massages.
But it is their choice, I guess. The day went by slowly, but that extra massage was sure nice. I am now getting my evening massage before going to bed. Jennifer is in her room sleeping, finally, so Sigurbjorn and Kristina are with me. Carine is going to join Jenny tonight, which is good, Jennifer is a bit stressed out by all of this. Around midnight Jennifer came in with Carine and the other girls left. I went into the bathroom to get ready for bed.
“Jenny, come here for a minute, I need your eyes,” I said. She came into the bathroom. “Look at this mark on my chest,” I said. “Looks like you cut yourself sometime, but it has healed nicely, I can only feel a tiny bump,” she said, “but it is an amazingly straight cut and… why is this the way it is?” “It should not be, but for some reason I never noticed until now,” I said, “that cut looks rather deliberate to me.” “What do you mean?” she asked, looking at me. I looked back at her.
She had a look of terror on her face. “NO!” she yelled. Carine was in there in a moment. “What is wrong?” she asked. Poor Jennifer, she was crying uncontrollably. “It cannot happen,” she said, her voice quaking, “we need you! I need you.” “It will be okay,” I told her, though I really was not sure if it would be or not. “Carine, call Chung, tell him I am coming in for an x-ray, call Annelie to wake Rock to take me, then call Baldwin,” I said, “I will get dressed again.”
She went to do so immediately. “Go, sit down, and wait for me, I need you in one piece,” I said smiling. She tried to smile back as she went to sit in the bedroom. When I came out, I pressed the alarm button. Everyone was in the room fast and dressed. “Does everyone sleep with their clothes on?” I asked. “We do now,” said Angel. “Cats, go check the car before we leave,” I said, and off they went nearly flying down the stairs. “Everyone downstairs,” I said, “so I can explain.”
Once downstairs Rock came back inside to join us. “Okay everyone,” I began, “no one is going to kill me this week.” “How do you know that?” asked Galyna. “Because the warning was not that someone was going to try and kill me,” I said, “it was telling me that on Monday, at midnight, I would be dead. In other words, I am already dead, unless we can stop it. I will find out from Chung just how that will work.
Annelie, find Mandar! Get John to help but find him! Do not contact him or do anything else, just find him. Everyone else, get some sleep, once we find Mandar, we are going to go hunting for him.” “Mandar!” yelled Jennifer, “I will kill him myself for this!” “Not so fast, I want him alive,” I said, “but he must have set me up for this with that doctor he recommended. Okay, Jennifer, Galyna, Sigurbjorn and Kristina, let us go.”
Off we went with Rock determined to make our car fly. We arrived and Chung was waiting for us. I told Jenny to stay with Galyna and I had Sigurbjorn and Kristina guard the door. Rock came in the room with me. “Stand at that door and no one comes in, and I mean no one,” I said firmly. “Okay Steve, you can count on me for that,” he said. Chung took a couple of x-rays…
To Be Continued.
Β©2022 Steve McLeod.
A ticking time bomb??π³π²
Mandar?? Why?? It doesn’t make any sense!! He could have killed you at anytime!π€π€
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Yes, it would only take a small explosion to stop my heart, not much at all. Well, Mandar recommended that doctor and it was the doctor who did this, no doubt about that. He was left alone with me for just 5 minutes, but it’s enough time. That was a big mistake for our team. The team leader should never be left alone when he is down. Perhaps Mandar did it this way to try and distance himself from being blamed. Whatever the reason, we are going after him! π€π©πΎπΎπΎπ΅οΈ
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No time to waste!!π³ Can Chung get it out before it goes off? Can it it even be removed without setting it off??π²π²π²
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Baldwin is going to get his experts to look at the x-rays and see if they can tell what kind of device it is. But Chung said he is not skilled enough to remove it since it is so close to my heart, we need a specialized surgeon for this and Baldwin is looking for one. π¬π©ππππ΅οΈ
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How many days left until Monday??π³π³
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There are now 5 days left, not much time to get things done. If Mandar is involved, he will know what kind of device this is, which is why we need to find him. π€π©πΎπ΅οΈ
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But what leverage do you have to make him help you??π
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A man named Rock comes to mind. He has great leverage with people. ππΌπ΅οΈ
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That’s true..ππ he does have a way…π€π€
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I don’t think Mandar is the type that can bear a lot of pain, so it shouldn’t take long. π€π΅οΈ
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Heheheπ€π€π€ can’t hardly wait for that conversation!!πππ
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That’s providing we can find Mandar. π€π΅οΈ
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Annalie and John are pretty good at finding people.. so if they get lucky you might still have a chance!ππ
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True, but Mandar is also good at hiding himself. He only seems to come out when it will benefit him somehow. π€π΅οΈ
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Then give him a reason to show himself!ππ€
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What might you suggest? π€π΅οΈ
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I’m sure someone has a treasure that needs finding…ππ a little slip of the tongue to the right group of people will be like sugar to a bear!!πππ
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Hmm, I don’t know of any such treasure right now though and trying to get the info to Mandar quickly might be hard. Remember, we only have 5 days. π€ππ΅οΈ
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How about a pretend treasure that he’ll need your help to get? He doesn’t need to know it’s pretend though… ya know a news story or internet legend??π€π€ He’s greedy and needs the attention!!ππ
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That’s true, but Mandar has great patience and waits until he is sure it will be worth his time and effort. He’s not easily fooled and I don’t have time. But, I think there might be a way to do it without treasure… π€π΅οΈ
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Ooooo…. do tell!!ππ
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Jennifer. She will make good bait. π€π΅οΈ
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Hmmmm…. but what kind of bait?? π€π€ Ya gotta keep her safe!!ππ
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She’s good at looking after herself! But we’ll watch her closely too!π€π΅οΈ
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That’s makes me feel better… whew!!π¬π¬
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Just remembered that Jenny was keeping a secret with Jenny. Her bursting into tears has something to do with what she and Mandar discussed.
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Yes, that is true. But the secret between them was purely with a good motive behind it, though she still has not said specifically. But those tears made it clear enough to me. π€π©π΅οΈ
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Okay, but now is not the time to hold secrets regarding Mandar.
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Yes, but revealing this secret wouldn’t help us, and I now know what it is anyway. Mandar was trying to do some matchmaking, which is why he told her not to let me slip through her fingers. He could tell she was in love with me, she has been for some time, Kat knew about it but never told me. Jenny doesn’t want to say anything so soon after Kat’s death, but the current crisis is making it hard for her to hold back her feelings. Mandar may not be able to help us, but we need to try, it’s our only lead right now. π€π©πΌπ΅οΈ
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π²π²π² If Kat knew why keep silent ? How long has Kat been dead ? π€ Hmmm…What will happen next ? Your sidekicks must have missed something ! During one of your massages did you fall asleep ? Troubling to be sure ! Look out for the unexpected ! βοΈπ΅οΈββοΈπΌπΌπΌπ©π©π©π©
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Kat and Jenny didn’t want any disruption in our work, since Jenny took Kat’s place a lot.π€ It has been about a month in story time since Kat was killed. The cats new, but Kat didn’t want them to tell me. Kat always said to me that I needed to open my eyes more to know what was going on around me. I never knew what she meant.π Sigh. I often fall asleep during my massages, they help me relax very nicely. But concerning this implant device, that doctor that Mandar recommended had been alone with me for 5 minutes once, that is when he must have done his work. A mistake on our part for sure. π€π©πΎπΎπΎπ΅οΈ
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