Steve`s Country
For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
The Investigators, Inc. The Dead Lawyer Case. Chapter 2. Help Needed.
“That is the whole police report?” I asked Annelie. “Yep, that is all of it,” she said, “and there was no autopsy, therefore, no report there either.” “This is crazy,” I said, “there is nothing here, it should never have been accepted.” “True enough,” said Annelie, “so someone higher up in the police force there is on the Carnival payroll. And this Carnival Alvares is a smaller time drug dealer trying to make a big name for himself and take over a large chunk of the drug trade in Canada, plus trying to move into Mexico as well.
He might be a dangerous man since he is working his way up.” “Hmm, I think it might be time to check with our mystery man for more information before we get started on this one,” I said, “we want to know what we are up against, and he just might know something about Alvares. Also I want to talk with Rossana, she knows the police chief in Toronto quite well.” “Hi Steve,” said Rossana, “what is going on these days?”
I filled her in on our new case here and asked her about the police chief in Toronto. “He is a good man Steve,” she said, “I will contact him and tell him about you and what you are planning. Then I will get back with you.” “Thanks Rossana,” I said, “but make sure he does not share anything with anyone out there. Hard to know who can be trusted, but we will find out for him.” Next I contacted our mystery man and told him what was going on and asked if he knew about Carnival Alvares.
He said he knew him and would get back to me this evening after he checks on a couple of things. “I am not so sure I should be involving you and your team after hearing these things,” said Kathee, “maybe we should forget it, and…I will just go…back.” “Back to where?” I asked her, “your home was destroyed, where will you live?” “I, I am…not really sure…what I will do Steve,” she said slowly, putting her head down and continuing, “I am ashamed to admit…I have nothing left except a plane ticket back to Toronto.
No…job, no money, nothing, not even clothes…except what I am wearing, and I have been wearing this outfit, well, far too long.” “Why did you not say something earlier?” said Sky, “come with me, between us girls I am sure we can find you lots of clothes for now.” Sky took her away so she could shower and get changed. When the girls heard, they quickly figured out who was the same size as Kathee, and that would be Macey, Astrid, Tracy and Ashley.
All the girls here have more clothes than they know what to do with, so sharing some was easy. Our mystery man called back later that evening. “I want you to know that Carnival, or Alberto which is his real name, is a dangerous man. He is trying to make it big for himself quickly, that means he does not mind killing anyone who gets in his way. But he likely hired someone to kill that couple you mentioned, that way the cops can never pin anything on him.
You need to go in as another gang, not as PI’s, Steve. It will be easier for you to deal with him and his men. Victor wants to send you 3 of his men, they know Carnival, they also know how to act in something like this. Listen to them Steve, they will help you, just like John, Tracy and Macey. They know how things are run. Do not show any fear to Carnival, be tough, you do the pushing. These men will listen to you as well, so no need to worry there.
You know 2 of them, Frank and Ralph, the other is a man named Carver. He is tough, he does not talk much but does not need to. He should be your bodyguard. Carnival and his men will know these 3, especially Carver. That will let them know you are backed by Victor and that should keep you alive. But do not think it will be easy to take him down.”
“I am not really trying to take him down right now,” I said, “but perhaps put him in prison, even for a short time. But I especially want those cops who work for him and get them in prison. That might slow him down for a bit too.” “Good thinking,” he said, “but the cops might be after you too.” “Yes, but I have that under control already,” I said, “we might be in jail overnight, but that is all.”
“Good, that will give you some legitimacy too,” he said chuckling. “Thanks mystery man, for your help,” I said. He chuckled again, “I like that.” His men arrived the next morning and we spent the day going over things. The next day we were on the jet headed to Toronto, Canada…
To Be Continued.
©2023 Steve McLeod.
Steve`s Country 
That was nice of the Major to lend you three of his guys to help and keep you safe! I sure hope the police chief can be trusted!😬 Those drug dealers can flash a lit of cash just to get them hooked!
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Actually it was Victor that loaned the men to us, though I’m sure the Major had a hand in that. Rossana seems to think he can be trusted, so hopefully he can, or we will be in trouble as he would then likely tell Carnival what we are doing. However, I don’t think Carnival would go up against Victor, so having his men with us should help. Major is right, Carver looks like a dangerous man. Ralph and Frank were the 2 men that rescued Kristina and I on that little island. They seem to be more normal.🤔👩👩😾😾😾🕵️♂️
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I knew that!😁🤭
Better start practicing that scowl!!😠 Make sure that this Carnival fella knows you mean business!!😠
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More like just a blank expression, no emotion, no fear, just determination to succeed and no room for him to push us, we push him. First we are going to exhume those bodies and get a real autopsy done, with our own doctor present, though she will not “know” us. She will have some bodyguards though and then head back home right away. But we are going to find out something rather surprising when we try to do this!🤔👩👩😾😾😾🕵️♂️
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Hmmm… 🤔 perhaps there are no bodies to dig up?😲
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I was thinking that very same thing! Or perhaps we will find badly burned bodies instead!🤔👩🕵️♂️
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Oh… that could be also!! But that would be odd🤔 why replace them? A DNA test will show its someone else…
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Unless they dug up the bodies, then burned them and put them back to match the police report, just in case Kathee managed to get permission to exhume the bodies. That would make her look like she was crazy or something.🤔👩🕵️♂️
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But she has pictures!🤔
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Pictures can be easily faked these days. Interestingly, after she showed us the pics, some kind of virus messed up her phone and she lost all of her pics!! Fortunately she sent copies to me, so we still have them.🤔👩🕵️♂️
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That was smart to have her share them with you. Have you had the pictures analyzed yet?🙄🤔
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Ashley says they are real, untouched photos. She is our photo expert.🤔👩🕵️♂️
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Then that’s a little secret to keep in your back pocket so to say! Then no one knows you have them and can be used to prove she was telling the truth!
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Yes indeed! This will be a good way to catch those cops who are on Carnival’s payroll too! Getting rid of them will hurt Carnival too and perhaps bring him out in the open for us. If not, we will find him anyway. Major gave us a list of places he owns here, so we will be paying each place a visit.🤔👩👩🕵️♂️
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That will be some fun reading in the days to come!😉😃
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I hope so too, I do. We are finished with the introduction and now for the main workout story. I am sure things will heat up fast once we get digging!🤔👩👩😾😾😾🕵️♂️
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Digging?😲 You’re having it performed by professionals… correct?🤔
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Oh, yes, of course we are. Of course, there are different kinds of professionals. But yes, we are using professionals. After all, we need a proper autopsy.🤔🕵️♂️
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Good! You don’t want to accidentally destroy evidence.
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Yes, that is so true. Unless we just used the ol shovel routine, but that takes too long. Besides, we want to keep this part legal like. I just hope Kathee will go home with Sky and Saranna after this part is done, for her own safety.🤔👩👩🕵️♂️
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It would be best to keep her isolated for the time being for her own protection.
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Yep, but we need her here for the exhumation, since she needs to order it done. Baldwin’s lawyers are doing the legal work for it. Fortunately he has one that lives in Toronto too. But after this, she needs to leave quickly.🤔👩👩🕵️♂️
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I agree!
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Yes, me too. I might have to, um, kind of, well, make sure she gets a good sleep on the way back, for her own good, unless I can convince her to leave.🤔👩👩🕵️♂️
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Either way she needs to be away from there.
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That’s the way I see it too, much too dangerous to let her stay here. That Carnival nut will want to kill her.🤨👩👩🕵️♂️
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I couldn’t agree with you more!!
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Thank you. Now to get Kathee to agree. I would prefer she went voluntarily.🤔🕵️♂️
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She might listen to reason 🤔
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Yes, I’m hoping so. That way she can go back with Sky and Saranna and be safe. I hope.🤔🕵️♂️
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You think Sky is going back do you?🤔🙄
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Absolutely, she already promised to do that. She needs to be there to coordinate things in case something happens so she can call for help. Plus, she is needed to help guard those left behind, like Annelie and Kathee.🤔🕵️♂️
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We’ll see 👀 😂😂
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She promised and she keeps her promises, she told me so herself.🤔🕵️♂️
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This case will not be a simple one and I am sure there will be many twists and turns. Hope things go well on the home front while the rest of you are a gang and going to jail overnight. Jail is never fun even for a short time.
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So true, this could be dangerous, but hopefully we can get things done quickly. But somehow I think complications will show up. They usually do. Well, it won’t be the first time I have been in jail, a couple others have had the experience too, aside from our guest helpers.🤔👩👩😾😾😾🕵️♂️
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