The Investigators, Inc. The Case of Jazzy’s House. Chapter 11. Pressure.

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Something totally unexpected happened this time and even though Jennifer had warned me of danger, I still didn’t think something like this could happen. A plan like this had to be done well in advance and Koffman just didn’t seem like he could think like this, however, it might have been Schultz that came up with the idea and Koffman carried it out. Whatever, or whoever, thought of it, the plan was well executed and could have killed our whole team on this case, which would have been devastating.

Jazzy and all the girls just stood outside looking at the pile of rubble that was once a huge stone house. Koffman’s men had their van parked on the next street and ran over there after contacting Koffman. Kristina stood there looking, hoping to see some movement, or see Sky come out with me, but there was…nothing. She then communicated with Kat and Jennifer at the same time so that Kat could help Jennifer. In retrospect she wished that she had only contacted Kat and let her tell Jennifer.

Jennifer was in the library with 10 of the girls when she got the message. “NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!” she screamed. It was so loud that it was heard throughout the chateau and even in the pool area. When the girls at the pool heard it they grabbed guns thinking the chateau was being attacked and headed back into the chateau but stopped when arriving at the library. Jennifer was on her knees with her head on the floor, her long blond hair scattered about her head, and she was sobbing uncontrollably.

“What happened?” Misty whispered to Cristy. “No idea,” she whispered back, “but it must concern Steve.” “Then it must be super bad news,” whispered Misty again. Then she went over and helped Kat get Jennifer back on the couch again. Then Kat called Dawn. “Yes Kat, we are ready,” said Dawn. “I want Koffman, alive,” said Kat firmly, “do whatever you need to do, start to put some real pressure on him. You know the ‘customers’ that are with him, do whatever you want with them. Take any women that want to leave, take his money and whatever else he has on hand including gems, jewelry, drugs. In other words, you don’t need to be nice about this.”

Dawn knew that meant something went wrong with us at Jazzy’s so she asked about me. Kat told her it was most likely I was dead after a huge explosion destroying Jazzy’s house. Dawn broke down crying at the news but she told Kat they would do their part. Dawn had the remainder of her team, plus the Wildcats, with her. Also Rock, Bear, Oskar, Thomas, Cartier, John and Yves which were most of the big members of the Black Wolves, although right now they are wearing the name of Dawn’s team.

She finally has a name for her team, the Night Owls, silent, swift and deadly. They are all in position and ready to move in on Koffman and that’s exactly what they did. Dawn went in first, followed by Rock who kept everyone away from her, then the other men and lastly the girls came in. It was nice that Koffman was sitting at his usual table, that made him easy to find. The door guards tried to stop Dawn but she kept walking and Rock punched each of the guards once and they were knocked out.

The rest of the guys had their automatic weapons out and ready which kept Koffman’s men from doing anything. Koffman had some “customers” at the table with him but that didn’t stop Dawn from breaking up the party. They quickly disarmed the customers, then Dawn spoke firmly to Koffman. “If you want to live, as well as your friends,” she began, “then bring out all of the women who are here right now.” “Hey, I already kept my end of the deal with Steve,” he said defiantly, “he wanted 3 and I gave him the ones he wanted.” That’s when Rock put his big arm around the neck of one of the ‘customers’.

“Now, no more arguing, just do what I said,” she told him, “it certainly wouldn’t look good for you to have one of your ‘customers’ killed right in front of you.” “Kurt,” said Koffman, “bring out all the women.” He did so right away. “Oh, by the way Koffman,” said Dawn, “if any of your men called the police, you’re a dead man, and I do mean that.” “That would be murder young lady,” he said. “I’m willing to take that chance after what you did,” she said, “are you willing to take that chance?”

“No, I’m not,” he said, “but you can’t pin anything on me.” “You have great faith in your men Koffman,” she said, “but the ones you sent to kill Steve decided it was in their best interest to talk.” Kurt returned with 8 women. “Hey,” said one of Koffman’s ‘customers’, “I was going to buy 5 of those gals to take back home with me, so you only get 3.” Dawn just hit the man on the forehead with the back of her fist almost knocking him backwards off his chair, but Rock was in the way so it didn’t happen.

“You get none this time Mr. Rizzo,” said Dawn, “maybe you’ll do better next time.” Then she got a text saying that a certain shipment heading for Koffman’s had been intercepted by the Black Wolves. “Too bad Koffman,” said Dawn, “but it seems your next shipment of girls, drugs and guns has been intercepted. Guess you’ll have to wait a little longer Mr. Rizzo. By the way, where are your waitresses, I said all the women.” Koffman just looked at her.

Dawn nodded to Rock who went to the other side of the table and hit a man on the back of the head with his elbow causing him to bend over groaning and holding his head. “Well Mr. Moretti,” said Dawn, “you’ll have to wait for your drug shipment too. If I were you it would be wise to get a new supplier, Mr. Koffman here won’t likely be able to fulfill your orders for a long time.” Kurt then brought out the waitresses from the other room.

Then Dawn picked 3 of the guys and several of the girls to go into the next room and take up a collection for our orphan fund. They did the same in the main restaurant. Catalina and some others went downstairs to see what was in the safe. They came up after about 20 minutes with a lot of cash and some jewelry. “I have a feeling you will be visiting me more frequently from now on,” said Koffman. “Yes, we will be around from now on,” she said, “killing Steve didn’t solve your problems, it just made things a lot worse for you.

I always figured you for a much smarter man, but guess I was wrong.” “Who is in charge now?” he asked. “That would be Kat and Jennifer,” replied Dawn. “If I came to talk with them,” he said, “would my safety be guaranteed?” “That might depend on what you want to talk about,” she said, “but I will personally guarantee your safety.” “Are you in a position to do that?” he asked. “As one of the leaders of our organization, yes, I am,” she replied.

“Good enough for me,” he said. “But I would suggest waiting a day or two before calling,” she said, “and when you call, ask for Kat.” She then gave him our card which has our phone number on it. Meanwhile, back at Jazzy’s house, the team was still waiting for some movement. Emergency crews were still there as well, trying to figure out what to do. The police were keeping everyone away from where the house once stood in case there was a second explosion…

To Be Continued. Ā©2026 Steve McLeod.

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353 Comments on “The Investigators, Inc. The Case of Jazzy’s House. Chapter 11. Pressure.”

    • Nope, going to be colder tomorrow, and windy too. I’m hibernating still until the snow is gone. Here it’s supposed to transition into colder than normal weather for the last half of the month and into April too. Hopefully they are wrong, but they’re usually only wrong when the forecast is nice. Oh well.šŸ™„
      I must sign off now, just too tired, I need my bed and hopefully sleep better tonight. Have a good night Dusty and I will be back for more chatter tomorrow!šŸ˜ƒšŸ˜“šŸ˜“

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  4. I did,I did! It reminds me of some of the first cases you had when you started the investigators. I can’t wait to see how this case unfolds!šŸ˜‰šŸ˜

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    • Yep, something a little different this time.
      It was cold today, only 15 degrees and yet we started getting light freezing drizzle around 5pm. Going to make things slippery.

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  5. Freezing drizzle? At that temperature? Wow! That is very unusual. That means you’re gonna be indoors for a while yet.
    If you go to Facebook and lookup the S.M.A.S.H club site you’ll see a video of one of my flights of the Army plane I built. It was from last Thursday. It was taken by another club member. If you’re interested.

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    • Nope, all done for now, but I did rearrange some of them again, it wasn’t working quite right the other way. I really didn’t do much today, still too tired, I didn’t sleep well again last night.

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    • Officially it was 5am, but I was up for a while at just after midnight, then again at 2:20, each time staying up for a while then having a hard time getting back to sleep. Plus it was after 11 before I fell asleep last night. sigh.

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  8. Yikes! You’re beginning to sleep like me.šŸ«£ I hope tonight will be better. Hey, my neck is feeling better this week. I think it’s because of the warmer weather we’re having. Although it doesn’t matter why. I’m just glad it’s better.

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    • Warmer weather can certainly help! Yes, I hope it’s a better night too. And with that I must say good night. Have a great night Dusty and I will be here tomorrow once again.šŸ˜ƒšŸ˜“šŸ˜“

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    • It was a bit better, but still not normal, maybe tonight. There was a bit of excitement around here yesterday, and today. Huge police presence yesterday, well, three officers came to my neighbor across the hall. Today a couple of ladies telling him his options for a lawyer, and other things. They talked in the hallway, no one wants to go into his apartment, except the police yesterday did.

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    • Well, his “girlfriend” is involved in, um, shady activities, so who knows, maybe he got involved too. They have tried to evict her, unsuccessfully, and I thought perhaps he might be next. He is a danger to this whole building.

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    • There was another guy that was evicted in January who was known for selling drugs, plus having underage girls come to his apartment and it took them 14 months to evict him. It has to be proved in court first.

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    • Oh, I thought I might… then I will do… after that there’s always… then I might relax the rest of the time after all that activity. I like to keep my options open. I’m going to our furniture store one day to check on a new recliner, mine is getting worn out and uncomfortable, it hurts my back if I sit too long.

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    • Aha, a good indication it’s time for something new. I checked one store already and we have two of them. The first one didn’t have one my size, they were all way to big, which is what most people want. Now to see what the other one has.

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  17. That’s the problem with this one I’m sitting in. It’s to deep for my short legs so I can’t get back far enough in the seat to sit upright and if I do get back far enough it cuts of my circulation.

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    • Yep, that would be my problem too with most of these chairs nowadays. The one I have is a perfect size for me, but apparently this size is hard to get. Sigh.

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    • Don’t you have any huge city close by? You know the kind, one that has more than 2 furniture stores.
      Well, gotta go again, getting late, must get to bed, before I fall and hit my head. Have a good rest tonight Dusty, talk again tomorrow!šŸ˜ƒšŸ˜“šŸ˜“

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  20. Hi, no flying. Way toooooo windy. Maybe In the morning if it doesn’t rain. Otherwise, yep working on my planes as much as my back will allow me to at a time.

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  24. Well I sure hope so. I don’t like to hear you’re not sleeping well. That can be a bad slippery slope to a bunch of health issues you don’t need.

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    • Yeah, I know it, every day I’m tired and fighting to stay awake. Oh well, we’ll see how things go this week. Part of the problem is missing Muffin, didn’t think it would bother me for so long. Hmm, it’s raining out.

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  25. Well, it’s hard when you lose someone that’s been with you for many years. You need to start a project that gives something to concentrate on to occupy your mind so you don’t dwell on it.

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  27. Exactly! My phone is at only 14% battery šŸ”‹ life, I will stay as long as it lasts but if it dies and I don’t respond that’s why. I have an inductive charger, but that’s in my bedroom not my living room.

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    • Wow, letting it get low! I need to sign off anyway and get to bed. Have a good night Dusty! šŸ˜ƒšŸ˜“šŸ˜“
      The next chapter is out and tomorrow’s chapter begins the real excitement!

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  28. I must have left an app open or something. It usually lasts all day above 50 % so I was surprised by the low battery warning.
    Good Night šŸ˜“ šŸ„± šŸŒƒ šŸŒ™ āœØļø Sleep well!

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  29. No, no flying today. It was nice enough to go. But the guy who’s been helping me was clear coating a plane he’s building and needed so assistance so I went for a few hours to give him a hand.

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    • That was nice, helping each other out is part of the fun in hobbies. Nice here today, 43 with showers, but dropping down to 23 tonight and getting colder throughout the week. Going to be very icy tomorrow.

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    • Well, it’s a start. Maybe I’ll find something while at the store that isn’t on my list. Or not. Not easy to find something to occupy my occupying time. Oh well.
      Well, must call it a night, that time change made me tired so I’m falling asleep. Have a good night Dusty and I’ll be back tomorrow.šŸ˜ƒšŸ˜“šŸ˜“

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    • Yep. Good morning Dusty! I remembered to look for something to help my occupation stay occupied. Amazing, but I did! However, I didn’t find anything. Not even a plant to buy. Sigh.šŸ™„šŸ˜’

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    • Oh my, those are terrible things, I haven’t had one in years and I don’t miss them! They can make it hard to think or concentrate. I hope it doesn’t last too long for you.

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  36. Just one so far. I tried going without it for a while today but it was horrible, it was throwing off my balance because the other ear was trying to compensate.

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    • Good morning Dusty! How’s the ear today? We actually had a beautiful, sunny (all day) day today!! However, no melting, it was too cold for that. Still, it was nice to have the sun shining.šŸ˜ŠšŸŒž

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  40. It’s better (somewhat) at least I can move my jaw without a piercing pain in my ear.šŸ˜‚ But not completely gone just yet.
    I’m glad to hear you had a sunny day! It can sure help the attitude when you haven’t seen it in awhile.

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    • Well, at least there is improvement, so that’s good. Yeah, that sun makes the altitude look higher up here when you don’t have those low clouds covering everything.

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    • Hey, it ain’t that warm to sit outside! And it’s way too slippery out there, that rain Sunday just turned to ice after melting some snow and everything is covered in ice now. Plus no melting temps are expected until one day next week, then back to cold again. Sigh. My nurse just left, she gave me such a good massage, concentrating on one particular area that has been terrible today. Feels much better.šŸ˜Š

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    • It is kinda nice, especially this time of day.
      Starting March 23 they are going to do more work in our building, fixing the sewer pipes this time, the main pipes under the building and out to the street. That means no using the drains, toilets and no water until they are done. Not during the day anyway, at night we will be able to use things normally, as long as nothing goes wrong. Hopefully it will only last for 2 weeks, or 3, maybe longer.

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  43. What are you supposed to do for bathroom facilities while they work during the day?šŸ¤” It doesn’t seem like they thought that whole situation through…

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    • Well, we can still use our toilet, we just can’t flush until night. But I think there are going to be people flushing during the day just out of habit. However, that will delay the process so it will take longer. They are also going to have a heated portable washroom outside in a trailer, but that will have steps which many people living here can’t use.

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    • The sewer pipe is old and continually breaks and leaks, which isn’t healthy. They keep patching it, but it keeps breaking, so they want to put in a new pipe before there ends up being a major break and they would have to evacuate the building, which would be difficult.šŸ˜±šŸ™„

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    • Hmm, you might be right, perhaps I should add a morning nap after my exercising. Oh, I forgot, I need to check my mail tomorrow too, walking down and up 6 floors is quite a workout!

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  48. A little cardio is good for you ya know. Ya don’t want them ole saddle bags growing on your hips.šŸ¤­šŸ˜‚
    But stairs are good exercise. I managed to get my vertical and horizontal stabilizers mounted on the fuselage today. Tomorrow I’ll attach the elevators and rudder and then I can set the travel for all the control surfaces and then hopefully I can fly it on Friday?šŸ¤”šŸ˜

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    • Stairs? Who’s talking about stairs? I can’t do stairs with my knee, I use the elevator when I walk up an down.šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚
      Wow, you have been busy! I didn’t know you had an elevator for your plane, is that so you can work underneath it easier?šŸ¤”šŸ›©ļøšŸ¤Æ

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    • Precisely, and 200 feet down the hall each way, plus two trips, then walking down the elevator, then to the mail room, y’know, it adds up, and down. hehehe!šŸ˜‚
      Well, must get to the ol’ bed again, but I’ll be backward again tomorrow. Have a good night! šŸ˜ƒšŸ˜“šŸ˜“

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