For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Well, I am feeling much better this morning, Crystal is getting good with her massages. I did call Saranna and told her about the headaches coming back. She was quite concerned about that, especially since we had taken on another case too. She told me to let the others do the work, I can just kind of organize things.
That might not be easy after last night, I am quite involved in the case now, at least with Tamara anyway. I cannot stop that just now, she is our best way to stop this gang. We shall see how it all plays out anyway. Our plan is working good so far. We have all the goods they had hidden in their cave, and safely hidden elsewhere. We even have the necklace and money from the older couple across the hall.
Right now I am not saying anything to them however, just in case they mess things up for us. I will make sure they get everything back before they leave. Or when we smash this gang, whichever comes first. It was a nice relaxing morning, lazing on the beach. I even went in swimming for a while. Shortly after I got in my beach chair the cats came running up with more information for me. Sky came out right away when she saw the cats.
Meow,meow.=Human Tamara catch human Carrie and Don taking midnight swim, she real angry. Meow.=Yep, she say she want to kill them, but going to tell human big man about them instead. Meow,meow=Yep, she find stolen stuff from cave in house and say they in big, big trouble. Meow.=Yep, but she say they not take it, must be planted there.
Meow,meow.=Yep, she say maybe it human manager person, he not like human Carrie. Meow.=Yep, human Tamara say maybe that true so she go look in his room. Meow,meow=Yep, she find more stolen stuff in his room and she get very angry with him, say she tell human big guy all about him and giving information to us. Meow.=Yep, now human manager person real scared, going to run away tonight before human big guy come tomorrow.
Meow,meow.=Yep, now she scared too, human big guy bring men with him tomorrow, that mean big trouble for everyone, so she want to run away too, but not able to. “Wow, that is a lot of information,” I said, “you two should get a medal for all your work on this case.” Meow.=Just do all in days work, not different, everyone do same.
Meow,meow.=Yep, everyone here work hard, you two too most of all. “Thank you Muffin,” I said smiling, “but right now I feel like I am more of a problem than a help to all of you, especially if these headaches continue.” Right then Annelie called with more interesting information. “I discovered something about Tamara,” she said, “apparently she has been wanting to get out of criminal activity for some time, but does not know how to do it and stay alive.
Even in jail she tried to get the police interested in giving her a new identity for information that she already gave and more that she could give. But they said no. She even called the Major two years ago when she got out of jail and asked if he could help her. She knew the Major from some work she did a few years ago. He did not know how to help her then, but he did not know about us at the time either.
I called him and he remembered her and felt bad that he did not tell her about us. He feels she is genuine and wants out badly. Maybe we can use that to enlist her help.” “Hmm, could work,” I said, “but from what I have heard about us, we have never put a price on helping someone who truly wants to change. Does she know Carver?”
“No, fortunately she has never met him, just knows about him,” she replied, “and you are right, we never have put a price on helping. I am proof of that.” “I hope you have our background cover done well,” I said, “I have a feeling that Tamara will be checking it, perhaps this Brandish guy too.” “Best that I can do Steve,” she replied, “but there are always the unknowns.”
“Yes, that is true,” I admitted. She hung up and a short time later Tamara showed up. “You are an interesting person Steve,” she began, “and not quite who you seem to be. Tell me, would you really have shot me last night?” “Well, I guess we will never know the answer,” I said. “I do not believe the leader of The Investigators would kill me in cold blood like that,” she said…
To Be Continued.
Β©2023 Steve McLeod.
Now you’ve either got a problem or perhaps a winning and willing helper! You’ve certainly got the Big Guys attention now!π€π«£
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Yes, perhaps this means she wants to ask us to help her, or, perhaps she will use this to get on the big guys good side. Or perhaps it was the big guy that found out this information for her. Or perhaps we are just in big trouble now. Yes, how many men is this guy going to bring with him when he comes to the island, if he comes.π€π©πΌπΌπ΅οΈββοΈπ
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Do you think the big guy could Viktor?π«£π²π³ That would be a real conundrum!!π¬π³π¦
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No, actually it’s a guy named Jim Brandish, he was mentioned a couple chapters back, but just briefly. But this guy is not one we really want to tangle with anyway, especially with me not feeling well again with these headaches. Always something getting in the way.π€π©πΌπΌπ΅οΈββοΈπ
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Well… you’ll just need to find out what her intentions are…π€ You do have some leverage on her. She gave in very easily with the money. That could mean she really didn’t like what she was doing. So you could play up that angle?π€
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Yep, talk it out and see what she is thinking, if anything. She did want to get out of crime before, maybe she still does and wants help. Or, maybe she just wants to get even with us for making her look bad before Brandish. We do have the advantage at the moment, she is alone so not much she can do to us right now.π€π©πΌπΌπ΅οΈββοΈπ
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But you don’t know what if anything Brandish has for leverage on her either…π€
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That is a good point, he may have something on her to use against her and that could be bad for us. Hmm, this could get tricky, and messy.π€π΅οΈββοΈ
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Like always!! So many things to consider!!π€ I hope you’re up to the job!π¬
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Yes, too many things to consider this time. And me with these headaches coming back, not a good thing to happen right now. Not much I can do about it though.π€π΅οΈββοΈ
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Maybe Sky could help?π€
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She may have to take over completely. Good thing John and Mac are here to help also and Tamara doesn’t know they work with us, I hope.π€π©πΌπΌπ΅οΈββοΈ
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Very tentative situation ππ¬π€
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Another problem, we have not seen John and Mac all morning, kind of unusual.π€π΅οΈββοΈ
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That’s another thing to consider now! What if someone recognized them??π¬
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Yes, that is always a problem, like that Don character, the boyfriend of Carrie and Tamara. That would be bad.π€π΅οΈββοΈ
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Especially with his boss showing up! It could cause some of them to do things to impress the boss…π¬
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Yes, that is always a possibility too, even with Tamara. So can we really trust her or not? Hard to say right now.π€π²π΅οΈββοΈ
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Yep! So it’s best to wait and see what she has on her mind… then find out what happed to the guys and adjust the plan accordingly!
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Yes, perhaps we moved a little too fast on this one, our plan did seem to be good, but it kind of maybe backfired just a little. I hope the guys are okay.π€π΅οΈββοΈ
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All depends on Tammaras intentions I suspect…π€
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Yep, I would like to know what is going on in that head of hers right now. I think Sky would like to know also.ππ©π΅οΈββοΈ
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Only one way to find out! You’re gonna have to ask her!π
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Maybe I should leave that up to Sky, she’s better at asking questions than I am. I’m good at avoiding them, not asking them.π€π©π΅οΈββοΈ
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Yes… woman to woman could be another advantage in this case. π€
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Besides, Sky might get jealous otherwise and she does slap hard. But it would be better, that way Tamara would be more honest and straightforward.π€π©π΅οΈββοΈ
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It wouldn’t look good for to be slapping a woman!!π€¨π
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Not me, Sky, she slaps hard, not me, on me. She can get a bit jealous, though not with the other girls though, only with stranger girls. Besides, she asks better questions than me anyway.π€π©π΅οΈββοΈ
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Nice backpedal there!! I’m impressed! You learned that very quickly!π€π€π€
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Got to be quick in this business, live longer that way.π€π΅οΈββοΈ
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Very nimble, I must admit!πππ
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Think I learned that one way back when I could still remember.π€π΅οΈββοΈ
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Amazing how some things always stay with you!ππ€£π€£
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Yeah, too bad I couldn’t remember something more important. Mind you, that is kind of important too, but in a different sort of way.ππ΅οΈββοΈ
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I completely understand that!ππ
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Somehow I have a feeling that this case is going to get worse before it gets better. π€π²π΅οΈββοΈ
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That won’t be a surprise! It’s kinda a standard now! But with each difficult case you learn and get better at resolving them!ππ
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That’s very true, we learn by our mistakes! We must be learning a lot now. The cats are sure doing good on their part anyway. They make great spies!π€πΌπΌπ΅οΈββοΈ
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I know!! Maybe they could get close to the Big Boss and find out a few secrets he doesn’t want known?π
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That is always possible, but I think they will have to stay out of sight of him though.π€π΅οΈββοΈπΌπΌ
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Especially if he knows who you really are!!π¬
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Yes, but he still won’t know about the cats, at least that they can listen and tell us what they here. No one ever believes that they can talk.π€πΌπΌπ΅οΈββοΈ
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Oh my!! Look at the time!π¬
I better get to bed!π³
Thanks for the fun chatter!ππ
Good Night π΄ π₯± π π
Sleep Good π΄ π
Pleasant Dreaming π΄ π΄
I will be available all day tomorrow if you get chance to chat earlier in the day!ππ
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So many twists and turns to this story. How does Tamara know you are the head of The Investigators? Hopefully, it will all work out well, but. . .
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Yes, how did she find out. She did do some checking on us obviously, but Annelie is good with her cover stories. However, perhaps it was Jim Brandish, the head of her gang that found out about us, perhaps he has even seen us before. This is one of those unknowns that we can’t prepare for sometimes. We just have to deal with it as it comes along. But this could be bad for us. Or perhaps she just wants our help. Guess we will soon find out.π€π©πΌπΌπ΅οΈββοΈπ
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Hmm, could be.
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Thanks for sharing this idea. Anita
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Wow ! The cats are are full of info ! πΌπΎπ» So your headaches are seem to be a big problem ! π€ rest well tonight ! π΄π΅οΈββοΈπ»πΊπΊπ©π©π©βπ¦°π©βπ¦±βοΈ…Has Baldwin back
Has Baldwin come back yet ? Take care …rest… sleep well everyone ! π΄
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Yes, the cats are doing great gathering info on this case! And my headaches are getting to be a real problem too, not good, especially right now. Baldwin is usually around somewhere, but not always involved in the cases. It will be interesting to see what is next with Tamara and her revelation about us.π€π©πΌπΌπ΅οΈββοΈ
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