The Investigators, Inc. Case of the Kidnapped Family. Chapter 14.

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I was on the phone with the lawyers that Sienna assigned to us for this case, to see if we had enough to bring down the Governor too. But even with those papers from Raven mentioning the Governor as part of the organization, that was all we had. There were no signatures from the Governor, no payments made to him in any way that we could find and he never visited any of the places used by these people.

He was very careful to keep his distance. Even Wally Haugen saying his cousin hired that hit man meant nothing really, since he didn’t mention the Governor by name, and he has other cousins. And he isn’t likely going to turn on the Governor even though he is on his way to a lengthy prison sentence. Bringing the Governor into the picture would likely mean his sure death.

However, we can try one more thing, the media. It is quite possible that if we give out enough information, the media might be able to dig up enough on the Governor to bring him down in a way that we cannot. Might be worth a try if we fail to do anything on our own. One thing we do have is that on every trip he has made to other cities, Ms. Cameron has been there at the same time, staying in the same hotel.

And, the Governor always pays for her hotel room. Plus, she shows up here, a lot, and again, he pays for her hotel room. According to hotel staff, he spends a lot of time there when she is in town. She is a known member of this sex trafficking organization, so that will not look good.

Meanwhile, we finally heard back from Aari. They found the kids, in rather rough condition, but still alive at least. They were taken to the hospital and the doctor said they would recover but they would likely have emotional scars for a long time. Hannah and her team are taking Amanda to Dallas to rejoin her kids. Jazzy is on her way to join us, with some new information.

The next day we decided to go see the Governor. Oddly enough, he didn’t take his cousin’s advice and get away for a while. Perhaps he thought it wouldn’t look good if he did. If that’s what he was thinking, he would have been right. I phoned in the morning to see if I could get in to see him that day. His secretary actually laughed. Guess that’s another way of saying no. We’ll try anyway.

Off we went and we got there just in time, he was going somewhere for a meeting of some kind. I had Sky and Kat with me, I had decided to leave Jennifer and Angel behind to look after Emerald, Cindy and Felicity. We also had the Wildcats along, although they would not be coming in with us to see the Governor except for Tracy, Marlena and Amber.

We met the Governor as he was leaving his office and we all stood in front of him. “I need to talk with you Governor,” I said. “Sorry, I have an important meeting to attend,” he said gruffly, “now, please remove yourself so I can leave.” “Our meeting is more important Governor,” I said. Then Kat began to quote some numbers to him.

They were the numbers of the crypt in the cemetery and dates of the deaths for Emerald’s family. Then she ended by saying the name Emerald. The color on the Governor’s face went from being quite reddish, to being very pale and he got this stone cold look on his face as well. “Okay, come, I will give you just a few minutes,” he said firmly as he turned to return to his office with us walking behind him.

“Only you can come in,” he said to me. “My bodyguards come with me everywhere,” I said, “and don’t try to stop them.” We all walked in, with the Governor’s two bodyguards behind us. There were another 2 bodyguards in his office as well, which gives him four to my five. However, his bodyguards are bigger than mine.

However, size isn’t everything, I would only need one bodyguard to take care of his 4. “Now, what do you want?” he asked, “Money, I imagine.” “No Governor,” I said, “I don’t want your money, I have enough of my own. I would really like to put you in prison, but that might take some time and I have other things to do.

Your cousin, Wally, and his friend Cairns, have now been arrested and will be spending a lot of time in prison for their parts in a sex trafficking organization which you are involved with as well.” “I deny any involvement with whatever they do,” he said smiling, “and there is no way for you to prove that I am involved.”

I then handed him a copy of the papers we received from Raven. “You are mentioned in here as the third partner of that organization Governor,” I said. “So what?” he asked, “People say all sorts of things, but this proves nothing. You need some actual proof.”

“We do have your cousin saying that you hired a professional hitman to kill a certain young woman named Felicity, Martin’s girlfriend,” I said, “but fortunately he missed his mark and died.” “That is still not proof,” he said, “and I can prove I had no involvement with such a thing, that is not how I operate.” “I would say that is amazing coincidence Governor,” I said, “if you are relying on your lawyers you better think again, we have better lawyers on our side.”

I then told him the names of our lawyers. He did look startled when I told him, but he tried to keep his composure when he talked. “Then there is the mysterious disappearance of Amanda and her children,” I continued, “her children ended up in a photo studio in Dallas which was part of this sex trafficking organization, specializing in children.

And it was owned and operated by a Ms. Deborah Cameron. Does that name mean anything?” “Never heard of the woman,” he said firmly, “now, I need to go.” “Sit down Governor,” I said, “we are not finished. You know Ms. Cameron Governor, she is your girlfriend, and that is easy to prove.

She appears in every hotel you stay in on your various trips, and you always pay for her accommodation, and you have been photographed with her at some of these hotels. And Ms. Cameron is willing to admit she is your girlfriend. Can you imagine what the media would do with that Governor?” “That’s extortion!” he yelled, “now get out before I call the police!”

“You have been trying to call them already,” I said, “but your help button doesn’t seem to be working. That’s okay though, the police are in the outer office waiting to arrest you. As it turns out, we can prove you were part of that sex trafficking organization and we found the bank account where your share of the money goes, an account you share with Ms. Cameron.

And, she is willing to testify against you. Have a nice day Governor.” We then left and the police arrested him. Well, this case is over, Amanda and her kids are with Sienna right now and she will be giving Amanda a job in Baldwin Corp. Cindy, the hotel clerk, has been studying to be a nurse, with just one year to go and we have arranged for her to finish that year in our clinic working with Dr. Samantha.

She will stay with us as a nurse, something that we certainly need. Emerald and Brandy have both asked to join our team, so they are getting ready to begin our tests. Felicity will also join us, but as a junior member for now, she won’t go on any cases until she is 18.

The police have dismantled that organization, but somehow I doubt Cairns and his friends will spend much time in prison. Now we can relax again for a while until the next case shows up, and that won’t be long.

The End. A new case will begin soon!

©2025 Steve McLeod.

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60 Comments on “The Investigators, Inc. Case of the Kidnapped Family. Chapter 14.”

  1. Wonderful that the children were found alive and have time to recover with their mother. Amazing!

    The Governor is a hard case. Guess Jazzy solved the numbers and got the bank account of the Governor. Deborah Cameron turning on her boyfriend to save herself is not surprising. That was some investigation! You do have many friends helping you. All your friends were able to bring down a large and criminal organization. Well done!

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    • Yes, and I’m sure Sienna will take care of them all.

      Yes, Jazzy likes numbers, much like Mac, but he wasn’t able to solve the incomplete numbers, but Jazzy has a way to do it apparently. That will help sink the Governor, along with Ms. Cameron’s testimony. Apparently they will be quite lenient with her for helping out. But she could end up being a dangerous foe for us once again.

      We do have a lot of team members and other friends to help us out now. I wonder what will be next for the Investigators?🤔👩😼👻🕵️‍♂️

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      • By the way, it was a surprise to find Felicity was a minor. Martin definitely likes a sexually victimizing relationship. Glad she will eventually join the Investigators.

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      • Yes, she will be a junior member for now, we have put an age limit on joining now at 18. But she will be trained and also will be getting counsel with Galyna. Emerald will also be getting counsel since she was working for Cairns for 2 years.🤔🕵️‍♂️

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    • Thank you!😊😸👻 It was good that we could save Amanda and her kids and Sienna will help them out a lot now. I just hope those criminals will stay behind bars for a long time. Of course, Raven got away again so we will meet him in the future I’m sure. And they will be lenient on Ms. Cameron for her testimony against the Governor, so she might be a problem in the future too. But the main ones are on their way to prison and their organization is gone, that’s the main thing. Now, what is next for the Investigators?🤔👩😼👻🕵️‍♂️

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  3. It could be a case with a castle or a Chateau? Have you had any of those recently? I always like those hidden hallways and trap doors to dungeons! Isn’t that how Kat was killed?🤔 My memory isn’t so good anymore 😕

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    • We had a castle before Christmas. But I have an idea for something similar. No, Kat was killed at one of our picnics, Toledo had come in with some of his men and attacked us. He was aiming to kill me, but Kat stepped in front of me and was shot three times, killing her. She still has scars from that.😕👩👻

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    • Well, this is one time when I can say never. But speaking of…something interesting will happen in this next case, besides the next case itself.🤔🕵️‍♂️

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  9. Hmmmm…… at night 🤔🫣 maybe a nightmare? Oh… maybe a ghost 👻 naw… you have ghosts already, so they wouldn’t be scary, maybe back to nowhere again? Now, that would be scary for everyone 😳

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    • Wow, that was a good guess, and on your first try yet! Well, that was actually 3 guesses and one of them was correct. Sort of. Yep, sure would be!

      Well, I’m signing off for the night, talk again tomorrow!😊🥱👻🕵️‍♂️

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  13. It could have gone better.🙄 I missed the cactus but found the tree! 🫣😖 But, I have the glue drying now, and it should ready to fly in a day or two. I am going to attempt building my own plane. I found website with pictures instructions and a material list and measurements so I’m gonna give it a try. How was church?

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    • Oh my, you need a bigger field for flying!🙄✈️ Hey, that sounds like fun, building your own plane.😃 I didn’t go to church today, too much pain for sitting so long. But we live stream our services so I watched that.😊

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  14. Nice! Yeah, I’ve been wanting to try building my own. Looks like a section of 2 1/2 inch square pvc gutter down spout add an electric motor and some corrugated plastic add a battery and some servos and voilà instant airplane!😂😂😂 we’ll, maybe not that simple but close!😂

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    • Sounds to me like it will be a bit more complicated than that, but then, I don’t know much about such things. Actually I don’t know anything about it.🙄😂✈️

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  15. Here, I thought you being a carpenter and builder of bird houses and maker of cat toys would know how to build an airplane ✈️ 🤔 😏 huh! Who knew??😂

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    • Problem is, those things I make are square, planes are round…ish. That’s why I can’t make ’em. I can only think in squares, not circles. Or something like that. Wait till ya read chapter 1 of the new story, it starts off scary!🤔🕵️‍♂️😟

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    • I’ll let you know when I write it.😃👻 I have started, but it won’t be ready until tomorrow. I have started it. I have started it. I have started it. I have started it. Um, a few times now. Sigh.🙄🤔

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  17. Well, one more night won’t hurt, plus it will give you time to organize your um uh whatever it is you use to write your… what are they again? They’re stories but not really story stories, chapters but not really a book 🤔 😕???

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    • They are cases and each one is really a story in itself and yet part of an ongoing series of stories. Yeah, my thoughts need to be organized for sure. I wrote quite a bit today but I’m thinking I will scrap the whole thing. It just isn’t working. I know the general idea I want, but getting it started is the hard part.

      Well, time for the old bed thing again, shopping tomorrow. Maybe. Anyway, chatter tomorrow again tomorrow!🥱🌞

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    • Yeah, did my shopping but a lot of what I wanted wasn’t in stock today. Safeway is remodeling their store so nearly everything on my list was temporarily out of stock. Walmart, as usual, was out of stock on several items too. Price of margarine that I buy was $1.50 more than last week. I knew I should have bought some last week. Sigh.😕

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    • Ha Ha and Ha. Very funny. I dinna need it last week. We got 3 inches of new snow, plus a bit of melting which has made the streets total ice today. We nearly ran into someone this morning. Made me hair stand straight up.😮

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  22. Why would you run into someone?🤔 That’s dangerous!🫣 Are you ok? Yes, I went flying, I just sat down from putting my planes and equipment away. I heard there was supposed to be some snow up that direction. Hopefully it won’t stick around too long.

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    • I said almost, it was icy and the guy ahead of us stopped suddenly and my friend didn’t notice it right away. Oh well, no harm done. Got up to 34 today and sunny so the streets are clear now, mostly anyway. Should get into the low 40s for the next 2 days, then it cools off again until Sunday at least.

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  25. I’ve been checking now and again today and didn’t see you online. That’s ok, though, I’ve been busy out running errands and picking up my granddaughter from the airport and driving over to the island and eating lunch and surfboard shopping for so I just kinda sorta got back home.🥵 So hi! Sorry to hear you had a bad day. Lots of pain?

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    • Yeah, one of those painful days. Too bad, it was a nice day, hit 40 and sunshine. I was going to ask if you had read chapter 1 last night, but guess you have been too busy for that. How long is your granddaughter visiting?

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  28. Hi! No beach today! It’s been raining hard this morning. Not a great beach day. She did find a very nice used board that had a reasonable price for her. How was your yesterday? What’s cooking today? Red Velvet cake 🎂 😋😋😍

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    • I guess rain does get a person wet at the beach, but then, the ocean tends to do the same thing. Hey, sounds good, did you get one too? You can go surfing together.😃 It was a nice day yesterday, today is not so warm and there is a snowstorm heading our way tonight, up to 25 inches of snow,😮 then it will stay cooler again for a while. I would like to bake some cupcakes today, but my arthritis is so bad, I’m not sure about baking. I might try anyway. Did you have time to read chapter 3?🤔🕵️‍♂️

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