For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Well, it has been a long time since our Christmas troubles. We are all healed now which means the wedding is on once again. Sky was determined we could not get married until Tracy was able to attend also. She was hurt worse than anyone. Chung and Mandar’s doctor had made it into the cellar of the clinic in time before the explosion, but were unable to get out until the debris had been removed from the entrance.
As for Walter, well, we do not know what happened to him, he just disappeared. But that has happened before and he has managed to return. But why did he disappear this time? He must have been hurt and staying behind would have been the best thing to do. Even Crandall did not understand it, and they were such good friends. Crandall and his family are now settled in the US. But he did say that he would help us anytime we might need him.
True to his word, Mandar “adopted” Kristina, along with Angel, Tracy, Crystal and Astrid, all of our girls who have no family. He just bubbled over with joy at the thought of having so many “daughters”. I am sure we will be seeing Mandar a lot more from now on. He and Baldwin had a long talk about the mistakes we have been making lately. One thing we must learn is not to spread our team too thinly at any time.
That is when an enemy could strike, like this last time. I still feel so bad about that one, especially since Sephira was killed. I almost thought of giving up my position on the Investigators and let Rock take over. But I was voted down on that idea and Baldwin would not accept my resignation anyway.
When our doctor, Saranna came back after Christmas, she brought 2 friends of hers along who wanted to join our team. They are both nurses which would be a real bonus for us. They passed our tests quite easily, though they could use a bit more practice in fighting. Crystal and Kristina are tasked with teaching them. Sky also helped for a while, but now she has been busy with wedding preparations.
The big day is tomorrow, Mandar will be coming later today, and we have a big surprise for him. Sky and Kristina were out yesterday in town, with Muffin, MC and Storm, checking out the street cats to see if they could find one suitable for Mandar. They came back in the afternoon with a beautiful little female cat, orange in color with longer type fur, though not a true longhair.
MC and Storm rescued her from 3 male street cats who had her cornered. Did the fur fly! They had those 3 cats running very quickly! Poor little thing, she was dirty, skinny and with tangled fur. She claims to be 6 months old. And, like our 3 cats, she can communicate with us, just what Mandar wants. Today that little cat looks so different being clean and fur nicely brushed.
She endured the bath because she wanted to be pretty for her new human. Meowy?=Is he real nice, like you? “Yes, little one, he is very nice,” I told her, “you will love him, and he will love you.” When Mandar showed up, Sky had him sit down and she covered his eyes while Kristina brought in the cat. She then set her on Mandar’s lap and Sky removed her hands. Mandar sat there and stared at the orange cat.
“Can you talk, little cat?” he asked. Meowy.=Yep, me talk, not so good like Muffin. She began to purr loudly. Mandar picked her up and hugged her. “You are my little cat now,” he said, “and I am going to take very good care of you. You need to eat more and gain some weight.” Meowy.=Me street cat, other cats not let eat much.
“Oh my, that is not good,” he said, “but now you do not need to worry about that. You and I will get along nicely.” Meowy.=You nice human, me know. He chuckled. “She is our present to you,” said Sky and Kristina, “you two need each other.” “I agree,” said Mandar. The weather was beautiful the next day for our wedding, which was outside. Everything went well and we were soon enjoying a huge picnic for our reception, surrounded by a small army of security guards.
Sky, Crystal and Angel disappeared for a while, then Annelie made an announcement introducing my new wife, or should I say, wives. There were 3 of them, identical looking. I knew who they were, Sky, Crystal and Angel. I never realized until then how much Angel looked like Sky and Crystal. But when dressed the same, and their hair the same, with same makeup, they could be triplets.
Annelie said she did some checking and found out their 3 mothers were sisters, triplets, which is why these 3 cousins look so much alike, though perhaps not quite identical. Rock did not want to try and pick them out however, neither did Baldwin or Mandar. It was up to me. I had no difficulty, however, and picked Sky correctly. “Good thing,” she said and giggled. That giggle, right from the first day…
To Be Continued.
Β©2023 Steve McLeod.
Awe…. that giggle….π€π€π€ that’ll do it everytime! A man has a very hard time resisting that and a great smile!πππ
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Yep, sure worked on me. Now, after our introduction chapter, we enter a new case, which just might interfere with our honeymoon. Sigh.ππ©π»π΅οΈββοΈ
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I think you should skip the honeymoon… probably safer for all!!πππ«£
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You do have a point there. Honeymoons never seem to work out for this group. It took Rock and Annelie 3 tries to get theirs. Mine always turn into dangerous times.π€π§π©π΅οΈββοΈ
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Exactly! Plan on a case and maybe you’ll get a honeymoon π π€π€
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Hey, now that’s a thought! Kind of reverse planning! I like it. Wait till you see where we go for our first case of the year!ππ©π΅οΈββοΈ
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Oh boy!! It coukd be anywhere!! Niagra Falls?π²ππ
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Hmm, now that’s an interesting thought, too bad I never thought about it though. That’s not it. But you may not be far off on that idea!π€π©π΅οΈββοΈ
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Disney Land?π²
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No, that’s not it. Actually I am not sure where at the moment. I know the “what”, just not the “where”. It should be some place we haven’t been too before, but where is that? π€ππ΅οΈββοΈ
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Grand Canyon! There are UFO’s out there, and Aliens π½ π³
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That might make a good future story. But this story requires a hidden area in a not well known spot. Maybe.π€π΅οΈββοΈ
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Hmmm….π€π I wonder where that could be??? The Amazon jungle! There could Mayan temples π and pyramids to get lost in!ππ
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Yes, I thought about that one and maybe…π€π©π΅οΈββοΈ
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Hmmm… if you passed that up then it has got to be remote!!ππ€π€π€ Well I don’t want to give it away and guess it, so I’ll wait to see where you end up!π
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I think you already did, but we’ll say you didn’t, just in case I change my mind and go with my first choice which I changed for my second choice.π€π΅οΈββοΈ
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Ah… I see π€ so it could still be different than I guessed? I like that idea of not knowing for sure!ππ
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Yes, me too, I like to keep em guessing! Still, I would kinda like to know.π€ππ΅οΈββοΈ
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The island has a lot of unknowns to it!π
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Yes, I agree, though it does have some limitations too.
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Of course! Especially in the middle of the ocean!
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Yes, so it needs to be a fairly big island, but that makes it hard to believe that it’s uninhabited. But then…π€π΅οΈββοΈ
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If it’s a think jungle people can hide very well in that!!π
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Yes, that is very true, even a whole underground city above ground!π²π΅οΈββοΈ
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Ooooo……π²π²π²π²π² this is sounding better by the second!!ππ
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I’m almost starting to like it myself!ππΉ
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That always helps!!ππ
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Yep.ππΉ
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GN! ππ
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Good Morning!π Are you vertical yet??π€π€ππ
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Good Morning!π You are up early today!π
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I’m searching for that silly worm!!π You haven’t seen it have you??π€ππππ
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I hope it wasn’t in my cereal! I posted some nice frosty pics a little while ago.πβοΈ It is another nice sunny day here, but I see MN got hit with more snow.ππΉβοΈβοΈ
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Yep! About 10 to 11 inches is what I was told..π₯Άπ
Oh well it will melt sometime! The lakes and rivers can really use it though. So it will be good if there is a nice slow thaw.
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Wow, that’s a lot and amazing that it did not come up this way at all. Just beautiful sunshine here!
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Another blessing π πππ
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For sure and certainly! Your 2 comments just came through and yet it says 18 minutes!π€π
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WP I guess??π
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Must be, they didn’t even show in my email and they should.π€
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You seem to be receiving them quicker now.
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Yes, I don’t understand what happened. I was here waiting for your reply before and thought I had lost you.
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Nope I was waiting for you ππ
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Well, I had to wait for your reply so I could reply so you could reply so I could reply to your reply!π
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Well that explains it all right there!!πππ
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Naturally, where else would I explain it?π€π
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There you go again!! Now how can I doubt that logic??π€πππ
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Hmm, did it again, 10 minutes this time. Sigh.
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Maybe it’s because I’m walking and and changing cell towers??π€π€π
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Hey, you might have something there! I’m just sitting, looking for a couple new names.ππ€
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What kind of characters π€
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Our two new nurses. There will be another new character show up soon too. Plus I need a name for Mandar’s cat.π€
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Are they European ancestry?
If so maybe Ava Bridgette, Nix for his cat?π€
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They are both Canadian. I am thinking of Marlene for one, I used to know a Marlene when I was a kid. I like Bridgette, maybe those two names will be good. Thanks for the suggestion! Mandar’s cat is female, Nix doesn’t seem to fit.
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Hmmm…. something pretty and sophisticated π€π€ how about Belle?ππ
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It would be nice, but the name reminds me of someone and I would rather not.π€ππΉ
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Hmmm… ok I get that. Ummm..Princess?
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I was thinking of Princess too, so that might be it!π»
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Great! She will certainly be treated like one by Mandar!πππ
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Yep, that’s what I was thinking too.ππΊ
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You could shorten it to Miss P when needed to…π
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Muffin said no to that one, could have the wrong connotation to it!ππΉ
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Ah… yes I understand that!! Good catch on her part!ππ
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I always like to run the names past Muffin before using them.π€πΊ
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Good idea π
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I thought so too. She is smarter than me on things like that.ππΉ
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And she has sharp teeth and claws!!π³π€π€π¬
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That works sometimes too.π²
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Alrighty, I must return to work…π I will look for you later…πππ
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Okie and dokie!
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By for now.π
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I’m back!π
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Well hello again!π
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Glad you are still awake! New case has begun!π΅οΈββοΈ
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And an exciting and dangerous one at that! It would sure be better if you had Walter around to help out! Say you don’t think this is related to the stuffed puppy case do you?π€
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No, this is different. But yes, it would be nice to have Walter with us. Crandall said he would be happy to come and help, but those people might know him.π₯Έ
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True, but he could give you advice if needed!ππ
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Yes, I will be talking with him to get some ideas of who might be behind this kidnapping.
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Or maybe the south pacific ocean?? Lots of uninhabited islands π π€«π€ huh…..
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That is another possibility, a good place for a honeymoon too! I am kinda leaning toward that one right now.π€π΅οΈββοΈ
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That would be very romantic! But there could be unfriendly natives to deal with??π³π² But it could be very exciting also!!ππ
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Yeah, a small tropical island in the middle of the ocean with a huge volcano on it filled with a labyrinth of caves where we get lost and never found again.π²π΅οΈββοΈ
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What an adventure!!! I can’t wait to read about it!!πππ
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Yeah, me too!π
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Wait a minute!!π€¨ You’re writing it!!π€¨
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Um, well, that’s true, but I sometimes like to surprise myself with last minute changes!π€π΅οΈββοΈ
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Alright then…. but I’m gonna keep an eye on you π π§ π₯½
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Okie and dokie!
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And I mean it to mister!π€¨
No shenanigans π
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Don’t worry, it won’t be in Ireland.ππ΅οΈββοΈ
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Well that is an island π ya know??ππ
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Hmm, you might have something there. Hey, that gives me an islandea!
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Good…..πππππ
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A new adventure ! I will wait and see where and when it will take place ! βοΈ I know that something is up already and I am anxious to find out ! π΅οΈββοΈπ©π©βπ¦±π©βπ¦°π©βπ¦°π³
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Yes, this introduction chapter gets things started, but which way will things go now? We find out tomorrow!ππ©π»π΅οΈββοΈ
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Yay! Finally the big day π they must be so relieved π
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Yes, so much happened to stop them from getting married, but now it is done. I wonder if they will get a honeymoon now? Somehow I think something will happen to hinder that!π€π©π»π΅οΈββοΈ
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Haha it always does!
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So true! Rock and Annelie know all about that, they tried 3 times without success!
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Glad you and Sky finally had your wedding day. Although if you go on a honeymoon, the whole team will have to come!!
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The whole team? On our honeymoon? Not a chance. Well, maybe a possibility.π€π©π»π΅οΈββοΈ
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