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For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
The first thing that the Black Wolves noticed at the back of the house were motorcycles, 12 of them to be precise. That would likely be too many for a normal family, and these were bigger motorcycles too, though not quite like the ones the Black Wolves use. It was getting quite late now, nearly midnight, but lights were on in the living room and kitchen. So, Carine and Kristina made themselves invisible and went up to the windows to see what was going on inside.
It was obvious this was a gang of some kind, and not likely a friendly one either. However, the girls could only see 12 men and 4 women, which fit the number of motorcycles at the back. They continued watching until one of the men took a picture off the wall revealing a safe. The man then opened the safe and took a small metal box out and placed it on a table in the middle of the room. Everyone seemed to be getting quite excited now. The man then dumped the contents of the metal box onto the table causing the other men to yell and cheer.
It was a nice pile of jewels! Quite likely the ones that had been hidden in this house 17 years ago and now found by this gang. Kristina went back to tell the guys what they had seen. The guys got into position, both front and back, then Carine went and knocked on the front door. A man looked out the window of the door and saw Carine. When the man saw how pretty she was, he quickly opened the door for her and invited her in. She thanked him and walked inside, but before the man had a chance to close the door, the Black Wolves pushed their way inside!
Then there was a small explosion which knocked the back door flying off its frame! More Black Wolves came running inside. It all happened so quickly that the gang was quickly overpowered and their guns and knives taken from them. Alfred looked at the jewels and confirmed it was the ones that had been stolen 17 years ago. The gang leader said they didn’t steal them, they found them hidden in a wall when they were renovating the place, which is likely true.
None of them were old enough to have taken part in that original theft 17 years ago, they would all have been children. Anyway, they picked up the jewels and put them back in that metal box, then Aari looked in the safe and found some interesting looking papers, so he took those along as well. As they were about to leave, one of the women went up to Aari and asked if they needed another woman in their gang. She spoke in perfect English too and she showed him the palm of her hand where she had written, “Please help me”.
Carine nodded yes to Aari so he said she could come along and he told Clarence to look after her. Then they quickly left like they had come and were soon riding down the highway to a nice, large hotel on the edge of Paris. Misty and her team were already booked in to that hotel and were waiting for them. They got together briefly and looked at the jewels. Alfred said there were some real beauties in this bunch, the owners will be very happy to get them returned finally.
The woman they had just rescued had been kidnapped by this gang while in Europe with her parents for a vacation. That was 6 months ago and she tried to escape once, but was caught and beaten. The leader of the gang had told her if she tried to escape again, they would kill her. She just wants to go home and be back with her parents again. Apparently they live in Halifax, a city in Nova Scotia, Canada. Aari told her they would bring her back to the chateau where we could contact the authorities and get her returned to her family.
She is just 19 years old, her name is Violet and she has been through a lot the past 6 months. Tonight she will stay in a room with Carine, Kristina and Misty. Meanwhile, back at the chateau. Sherry, Celestine and Cristy were still with me and Jennifer, hoping that I will wake up soon. The girls were desperately trying to stay awake, since Jennifer had told them they are not allowed to sleep as part of their punishment. “I could be sleeping peacefully right now,” said Cristy sighing, then yawning.
“No yawning allowed,” said Celestine, “that will just make us more tired.” “I just had to listen to you two and bring you sneaked snacks,” said Cristy again, “I can just feel my soft mattress and pillows, curled up under my warm comforter and dreaming.” “Stop that,” said Sherry, “or I will dump water on your head.” “Hey, wait a minute,” said Celestine, “Cristy hasn’t tried to kiss Steve yet.” “Hey, that’s right,” agreed Sherry, “come on Cristy, time for you to kiss Steve to wake him up.” “No, I can’t do that,” she said. “Why not, it might work,” said Sherry. “But I have never kissed Steve before,” she said.
“Good, now is your chance,” said Sherry. “But I have never kissed a guy before either,” said Cristy. “Good, now is your chance,” said Sherry again. “I don’t know how,” complained Cristy. “Just put your lips on Steve’s lips and kiss,” said Sherry, “it’s simple.” “But it takes a special kind of kiss,” said Cristy, “Misty told me so.” Then Sherry called Misty, waking her up. “I’m not on computer, go away,” said Misty, only half awake. “This is important Misty,” said Sherry. “Sigh, it always is,” said Misty, “but Misty is not here right now, she’s sleeping.”
Finally Misty was awake enough and told them how to do it. Cristy tried, nothing happened. Sherry tried, nothing happened. “Okay, your turn Celestine,” said Sherry. “But I have kissed him dozens of times already,” she said. “It was only 5 times,” said Sherry. “More like 11 times,” said Celestine, “I sneaked a few extra while you were in the bathroom.” “YES! Another sneaker!” exclaimed Cristy quite loudly. Now Jennifer was awake. “What did I tell you three about disturbing me?” she asked.
“Oops, sorry Jennifer,” said Cristy, “that was me.” “Naturally,” said Jennifer. “We’re waiting for Celestine to try the special wake up Steve kiss,” said Sherry. “I am not going to ask,” said Jennifer, “I simply refuse.” Then Dawn showed up and said she couldn’t sleep thinking about Steve. She was terribly worried. “Perfect timing,” said Sherry, “your turn to kiss Steve.” “Go ahead,” said Jennifer. So, she did, but nothing happened. Then she tried again, but differently this time. Still nothing.
All the girls sighed, then they sat down and began talking. “Since you’re all awake, could one of you get me some water, I’m thirsty,” I said. “YES!! It worked!!” the girls screamed at once. Well, it’s now two days later and I feel fine but Samantha wants me to stay in the clinic a little longer. Though she didn’t say what she meant by “a little longer.” The guys came home with those jewels and we contacted the police who picked them up and returned them to the owners.
However, the owners gave 12 of the jewels to us, plus a cash reward too. We paid for Violet’s way home after she stayed with us a few days. Well, this odd case is finally over and we are looking forward to some relaxing time for a while. What happened to me in that operation? It seems I might have to wait a bit to find out, oh well.
The End. A new case will begin soon. ©2025 Steve McLeod.
While everyone at the chateau was busy getting things back to normal once again, Kat and Jennifer had sent the Black Wolves to look for the remainder of that hidden gold. The team had figured out the code written on the back of the emerald, mainly with the help of Aurora and Sapphire, our two girls from Russia. So the Black Wolves knew where to look for the gold, if it was still hidden at that spot. Misty and her team were along too, but staying out of sight since they were only along as backup if they were needed to help in a fight.
After all, another gang may have found this gold already. But, unless they just found it, then likely it would be long gone by now. The sight was an old abandoned farm house where the gold had been “buried” in an old, dry and shallow well. Possibly it had been deeper at one time and was either filled in partially, or it had caved in. But, I guess it made a handy and quick place to hide the gold. As the Wolves approached the place where this old house was located, they suddenly stopped when they saw a sign.
So, only Aari, and his “wife” Carine, continued from that point. They drove into the sight of a construction area. The man in charge came over to talk with them, but he could not speak English very well, so Carine spoke with him. As you may remember, Carine is French and once lived in Paris where she found me at a time when my memory was gone due to the “nowhere drug” I had been given.
Anyway, Carine talked with the man as though she and her “husband” Aari were looking for a place to live, but obviously this building would not be ready for some time. The man said it would be finished by March of next year and it would have 60 flats available. Then she related to him something that her husband once told her about an apartment building that was being built in the US and they found the remains of an old fort when they were digging out the foundation.
So she asked if they had ever found anything, perhaps an old castle or remains from Vikings. He laughed and said no, but since his boss wasn’t there right now, he told them they had found a metal box full of gold bars. Carine acted very impressed and excited and asked if they were allowed to keep it, or would they have to hand it in to the police. He said it was necessary to give it to the police and apparently it was part of a gold shipment stolen about 17 years ago.
Carine showed a lot of excitement over this news and told Aari all about it. Then Carine got the necessary information about who to contact for renting or buying a flat, then the two of them left. They went back to the rest of the Black Wolves and everyone groaned upon hearing the news. However, there was still the matter of the stolen jewels and the location for their hiding spot was not far away from here, but they needed to head further east.
Off they went and Carine communicated with Kitty the sad news about the gold, but now they were after the jewels. So, Misty and her team followed about an hour behind them. Meanwhile, back to us at the chateau. Sherry and Celestine are still at it with their “medical experiment” getting all the girls to kiss me when they come to visit. They keep hoping that one of them will wake me up so they can prove to Samantha that a kiss works to wake me up.
Even Samantha participated in the experiment, though she was very embarrassed when Jennifer caught her. “Well, not including us or Samantha and Jennifer,” said Sherry, “we have 8 girls try our medical experiment so far.” “Yep, this is exciting,” said Celestine, “providing Jennifer doesn’t catch us again, otherwise our punishment might be a bit more severe next time.” “Don’t worry,” said Sherry, “if it works and Steve wakes up, Jennifer will forget all about it. Besides, she won’t give us a serious punishment anyway for something like this.”
“I hope you’re right,” said Celestine, “I’m worried about Steve, he should have been awake a long time ago.” “You? You are worried?” asked Sherry, “I didn’t think you worried about things.” “I don’t worry about things,” said Celestine, “but this is different, this is Steve.” She started to cry. “Hey, I’m sorry,” said Sherry, “I didn’t realize.” “Please don’t say anything,” she said, “if Jennifer found out I would be thrown off the team and that would devastate me.”
“Yeah, you might be right,” said Sherry, “but don’t worry, I won’t say a word. Hey, we need a snack.” “We can’t leave the room, remember?” Celestine reminded her. “Cristy, you still awake?” asked Sherry. “Just heading to bed now,” she said, “what would you like?” “Celestine and I need a snack,” she said, “and we’re not allowed to leave Steve until morning.” “I heard you were being punished,” she said giggling, “but if I get caught, then I will be punished too.”
“You’re the best sneaker there is,” said Sherry, “you won’t get caught.” In a little while Cristy showed up with juice and 3 slices of pie, plus some cookies. “I decided to join you,” giggled Cristy. “I knew you were the best,” said Sherry. “It wasn’t easy getting past Jennifer and Kat in the library,” said Cristy, “I’m actually surprised they never saw me.” “Yes, so am I”. “Now you know that Cristy and Misty are the best sneakers anywhere,” said Sherry, “and…wait, that wasn’t your voice.”
The girls turned and there was Jennifer, sitting in a chair looking at them smiling. Jennifer then explained which rules the girls had broken and the demerits associated with each, giving each of the girls 6 demerits. Plus they all had to stay with me until noon tomorrow, without falling asleep, or waking up Jennifer who was going to sleep in the room with me. The girls sighed.
Meanwhile, back with the Black Wolves searching for those jewels. This time things looked more promising, except for one slight problem. There appeared to be people living in this house now and it had obviously been renovated at some point. However, they saw something behind the house…
To Be Continued. ©2025 Steve McLeod.
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