For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
It was hard to wait for the men to arrive from the Major, but I agreed to do it. I am not sure what good it will do though. But, we continued looking through the paperwork, especially the large notebook that had mentioned Victor. “I cannot understand this one either,” I said, “you would know more about it I am sure.” I then handed the book to Ralph. “Whoa,” he said, “this is amazing. It details money shipments that have gone missing from Victor’s people in Mexico and corresponding bank deposits in Switzerland.
The numbers match. And the bank account numbers are all here too. And this here proves that it is Carnival that is doing it.” “That could be why the lawyer was killed,” I said, “he may have tried to use that to get out from under Carnival by threatening to show Victor.” “Not smart,” said Carver, “just got him killed instead.” “Yep, but people do not always think that it will hurt them,” I said, “people get desperate to get out of such a bad deal, that they do not think, they just try something. I wish he had looked for help first.”
“Yep,” said Carver, “people that do not know should not get involved without help.” “I need to get MC to a vet,” said Saranna, “I am sure those are broken ribs.” “I noticed a vet not far away,” I said, “we can take him there, except they would be closed now. They must have an after hours number though.” Saranna, Angel and Macey decided to take MC over there right away. “Maybe I should go too,” said Carver. “Good idea,” I said. Off they went and discovered that the vet was still there and let them in.
They found out he had 2 broken ribs. The vet wanted them to leave MC overnight and she would fix him up in the morning. Saranna said no, it must be done now and she would be willing to pay whatever the extra charge would be. The vet looked at them and finally said okay. She then went in another room and started to make a phone call, but Carver was right there and stopped her. “Just work on the cat,” he said firmly. The vet seemed a bit worried, but she did what she was told.
Meanwhile, “I know what to do,” said Carnival, “take the woman back.” “Uh, they will likely be waiting for me,” said Rodney. “Too bad, it was your idea in the first place,” said Carnival, “now get her out of here, maybe that will keep the Major away, and the Lieutenant too. Take her to that park, the one close to the hotel, and drop her off there, and make sure she has whatever you took from her.”
“Even her phone here?” asked Rodney, “I cannot figure out how to open it, it has some kind of weird lock on it.” “Naturally it would,” said Carnival, “it is from Victor’s organization. He would have something hard to break open. Now get moving and get rid of that woman, nicely though, do not hurt her!” “Okay, I am on my way,” said Rodney. He took Crystal over to that park and stopped.
“You get out here,” he said, taking the blindfold off and handing her phone back. “You could at least be a gentleman and open the door for me,” she said. “Dames, always giving orders,” he said. But because Carnival said to be nice, he got out and opened the door for her. Crystal got out and Rodney closed the door. He turned to her and was about to say something when she kicked him in the stomach, then another kick to the head and he was out cold.
She then called me to let me know where she was and she had a surprise too. John and Ralph went to get her and were quite surprised that she managed to kidnap her kidnapper. They brought Rodney back to our room and sat him in a chair. I tossed some cold water in his face which helped him to wake up a bit. He looked around the room.
“Never trust a dame,” he said. I then slapped him hard. “Never trust who?” I asked angrily. “A woman! I meant to say woman,” he said. “That is better,” I said, “now, where is Carnival hiding himself?” “Hey now, I brought your wife back,” he said nervously, “if I tell you where to find Carnival, he will kill me.” “If you tell us where to find him,” said John, “he will not be able to kill you.”
“Yes, and I will let you go free,” I said, “otherwise we let Carver talk to you.” “Talk?” he asked, “he will just kill me! Some choice I have.” “Seems like a good choice,” said John, “help us and you live, do not help and you die. Seems simple enough.” Just then a knock at the door and someone yelled, “Open up…”
To Be Continued.
Β©2023 Steve McLeod.
I wonder who is at the door π€π³ ! Crystal is proving herself…maybe to get higher in the organization…hmmmπ€… Waiting to see what the next chapter will bring βοΈπ΅οΈββοΈπ©π©π©βπ¦°π©βπ¦±
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Yes, who is at the door? It did not sound like a friend that’s for sure. This can only mean more trouble. Well, I don’t think Crystal is trying anything, she can’t really get higher than she is. Next chapter should be interesting.π€π©πΎπΎπ΅οΈββοΈ
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Carnival is on the run but who else is working with him. The bank deposits from missing Victor deposits are of great interest. It sounds like someone wants the records and is saying, “Open up!” Then we have corrupted police, unknown criminals that want to protect their interest, and who knows who else. It should be interesting. The vet also seems to be working for someone else with bad intentions. Hope she tapes the ribs of MC quickly, so the team members can leave.
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Yes, there could be more helping him than we know. I am sure that there are more people than Carnival that would like those records, but no one is going to get them from us now that we have them. Yes, who was the vet trying to call? Fortunately Saranna is a doctor and can watch to make sure the vet does things right. She could have done things herself, but she needed the x-rays first and didn’t have what was needed to tape those ribs properly. Lots of things going on. Someone might also want those records of Victor’s money, it might reveal someone else working with Carnival in that. Victor will be very interested in these records.π€π©πΎπΎπ΅οΈββοΈ
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π€Yes, so much going on, we do not know. The lawyer and his wife died and we have a number of bad guys dead along with others. These records cause people to not value life.
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Yes indeed, those in these criminal organizations are only interested in themselves generally, or their friends. Yep, a lot going on and it will get worse before it gets better!π€π΅οΈββοΈ
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Yes, criminals only think about themselves. They sell out their friends if it suits them. I am sure it will get worse.
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Yes, it seems that is all that is happening, things getting worse.
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Yes. Hopefully, your team will be able to stay alive and ahead of the bad guys.
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Yes, so far only Frank has been killed. Still, that is one too many.π€π΅οΈββοΈ
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Yes and Macey was kidnapped and found. Hopefully there will be no more deaths.
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That would be nice, but somehow I doubt that will happen with all the fighting going on.π€π΅οΈββοΈ
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Happy week Steve!
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Thank you Saania! Happy March!ππΊπ
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Way to go Crystal!!π Now he gets a taste of his own medicine!π€¨ I wonder who that Vet was trying to call??π€ You can never completely trust a stranger!!π€¨
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Yes, we are finding that out! And now we know more about that vet too!π€π©πΎπΎπ΅οΈββοΈ
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That sounds interesting!
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Yep, todays chapter lets us know and we will be talking with her soon.π€π΅οΈββοΈ
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I will need to go read that!ππ
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It’s a goodie!
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It is indeed!
Sorry I kind if disappeared last night.βΉοΈ
It’s been a crazy busy week! Company every night running around to appointments during the day along with work! I’m glad it’s Friday!π₯΅
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Nice to have lots of people around sometimes though, makes the quietude of home feel so good!ππΉ
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It is indeed!
Sorry I kind if disappeared last night.βΉοΈ
It’s been a crazy busy week! Company every night running around to appointments during the day along with work! I’m glad it’s Friday!π₯΅ I will be going to bed early tonight as I have another early flight in the morning. I will read today’s chapter in the morning at the airport. TTYSπππ
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Okie and dokie!
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Thanks for being patient!π
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I’m back in the south land again where it’s warm and sunny π βοΈ π
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And you left the northland where it’s warm and sunny!ππΉππ
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Relatively speaking I suppose…ππ
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Whether the relatives agree or not! Back in a bit, need to finish today’s chapter!
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Ok! I’ll be here until I fall asleep π΄ π€
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Are you still awake? The next, very important chapter is waiting to be read!ππ΅οΈββοΈ
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I’m awake!
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Good.
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Going on 17 hours of being awake!π΄ I got a call at 1:30 this morning and never went back to sleep!
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Hey, good for you! Nice break in your daily routine.ππ
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You don’t know what I went thru to get on that 9 am flight! They were trying to make me wait until 9 tonight and get in here at midnight!π³ They found one seat on another flight, but I had 10 minutes to get to the other gate! I was running with my luggage and finally flagged down a cart driver who sped me there with 5 minutes to spare!!π₯΅
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Those golf cart drivers are the best! So much for having reservations. The nerve of those people wanting to make you wait an extra 12 hours!! Good thing they didn’t have to search you first!
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Yeah! I agree with that! The airline was dealing with a diverted flight and it was a circus πͺ trying to get help! They were in no mood… but it all worked out! I made it!ππΊπΊπΊ
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It’s terrible trying to get things done when it’s crazy busy like that. They should have extra help when things like that happen!
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Yep! I couldn’t agree with that more!!
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Just don’t agree less!ππ
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You can count on it!ππ
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Rats, gnats and sticky hats! I don’t like numbers.
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Use you’re fingers and toes!πππ€£π€£
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That many???ππ
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It’s only 20! You don’t have more than 20 do you?π¬π³π€π€
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Is that a trick question?
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Depends on your answer! And you’re good with answers!!π€π€ You just said so!!πππππππππ
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I’m good with answers, but that is a question and I said I wasn’t good with questions.π€π
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Consider it self improvement!ππππ€π€π€π€
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