The Investigators, Inc. Mystery of Helene’s Murder. Chapter 6. Aari and Bobby.

Aari and some of the Black Wolves had gone into a restaurant for dinner and there happened to be some of Bobby Frank’s men in there as well. That led to an interesting interaction between them. Aari knew how to handle these men though, from his years in the same kind of business, only on a larger scale. He knew that they needed to be approached from a position of strength and fearlessness, otherwise Frank’s men, and Frank himself, would never take them seriously. “Are you sure that you didn’t come on too strong, dear husband of mine?” asked Carine.

“It is necessary to be strong,” he replied, “and fearless. That will accomplish something, one, they will be afraid and make mistakes, or two, they will get angry and make hasty decisions which will lead to mistakes. If we sound weak or hesitant, then they will have the upper hand.” “Well, I will have to make sure my hand is on you from now on,” said Carine, “because I sure don’t want to lose you just yet.” “And don’t forget,” said Kitty, “my hands will be here too.” Kitty was invisible at this time, but she will keep her hands on Aari when they all eat. And when she’s not needed to help Aari, she will help others, like Mac.

Meanwhile, back with Frank and his men. “Helene’s cousin?” asked Bobby, “Helene is from Canada, I didn’t know she had family.” “She actually has 2 brothers and at least 4 male cousins,” said Al, “but none are involved in anything criminal that I could find. However, she could have other family too, like this guy.” “Look him up,” said Bobby, “and check on this gang, the Black Wolves. I don’t like this at all, this guy sounds too confident. How did he know it was me that killed Helene anyway? And how did he know I kicked her after killing her?”

“Someone else must have been in that flat,” said Danny, “we never did check around.” “That’s true,” said Tobias, “we should have checked the place before killing Helene.” “Hey Bobby,” said Al, “that guy Jensen is someone to worry about. He’s the leader of those Black Wolves. According to the police, he’s the biggest gang in Canada with an estimated 600 men, plus another 300 in Europe and at least 100 here in America. But the police have never been able to get anything concrete against those Wolves.”

“That figures,” said Bobby, “an outfit that big is going to be careful.” “Well, there was only 8 of them, including that woman,” said Danny sneering, “I say we teach them a lesson real quick and they’ll go running back to their safe haven in Canada!” “And what about those hundred men he has here?” said Al, “They might not be too far away. And a hundred men beats us real easy, these guys are not exactly amateurs.” “Yeah, Al is right,” said Bobby, “sometimes the best thing to do is lay low for a while.

They are not going to stay here indefinitely. After a while they will get tired and leave. Jensen is just worked up a bit right now, but he has an organization to run, he won’t stay long.” “I know,” said Tobias, “why not get the word out that you went to Vegas for a vacation Bobby? We could say you left about 3 days ago, that way it wouldn’t look like you were running from these Black Wolves. Maybe Jensen will go there looking for you, or maybe he will just forget all about it and head back home. Like you said, he has an organization to run, he can’t be running around the country looking for you. After a while he’ll cool off and forget about it, after all, Helene was just a cousin, not his sister.”

“Yeah, I like that,” said Bobby, “do it, get the word out. Jensen will be asking around and he’ll find out soon enough.” Meanwhile, back at the hotel. “You did a great job with that new listening device Kitty,” said Aari, “everything is coming in nice and clear.” “It wasn’t hard tucking that quarter in his tight jeans,” giggled Kitty, “he never felt a thing. Not sure how long it will stay there though.” “It already fell out and Tobias found it after Danny left the room,” said Mac, “but he just put it on the table.”

“Yep, so they are putting out the word that Bobby left for a Vegas vacation 3 days ago,” said Aari, “something that would be a little hard to do since he came back here from killing Helene just 2 days ago. He doesn’t want to fight us, that means he’s worried right now. So, he will stay at home or in his hideout, wherever that is. Too bad we don’t know what Tobias and Al look like, they are going to keep an eye on us. But it shouldn’t be too hard to pick them out. I would like to know which one is which though.” “That’s where I come in,” said Kitty, “I wish Kat could get back here though, poor Kristina is on her own right now to look after the other two teams.”

“Maybe you should go back there and help her,” said Aari. “Nope, Steve was quite clear that I am to stay with you,” she said, “and that’s what I will do.” Meanwhile, back home with us. “How are you feeling now my dear husband?” asked Jennifer smiling. “I’m tired, but otherwise feeling okay,” I said, “I hope you and Kat have taken control of things.” “Well, Aari is looking after things on that end right now,” she said, “since Kat and Sky are still here for now. Kat told Sky she has to stay in bed until tomorrow morning after breakfast, at least, maybe longer.”

“What? No one said longer to me!” whined Sky. “Oh, quit complaining Sky,” said Jennifer, “after all, you have your own personal servant now.” “I know, that’s why I want to get out of here,” she replied, “before she kills me with kindness!” For some reason that got Jennifer laughing, guess I must have missed something while I was sleeping. Just then Misty came running in. “Here’s your book you wanted,” said Misty cheerfully, pushing it at Sky and knocking her cup of tea out of her hand.

“Wow, you really are weak,” said Misty, “that’s the fourth time you have spilled your tea. I’ll get you some more.” “Good idea,” said Sky, “this clean nightgown I put on is still too dry.” “Ha, ha!” said Misty, “Always being funny.” “I do try,” said Sky rolling her eyes. Misty then handed her another cup of tea. “There ya go Sparky,” said Misty. “Just wait until I get my spark back Foggy,” smiled Sky. Then Misty flipped her pillow out from behind her again, which caused Sky to spill her tea again. She sighed.

Then Misty pushed her forward to put the pillow back which caused Sky to hit her nose with the cup and spill more on herself. “There, now it’s almost as wet as the first nightgown,” said Sky, “I enjoy being wet with tea.” Poor Jennifer was laughing so much now, and so was I! I’m not going to get much rest in here with this comedy team…

To Be Continued. ©2026 Steve McLeod.