Steve`s Country
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The Investigators, Inc. The Lost Doll. Chapter 8.
Meow,meow.=There is reason, he going back to nowhere, must bring him back quickly or we lose him. And yes, there is gold, it drugs, hidden in plain view, but need to find doll first. “Hey,” said Jennifer, “maybe we’re not looking for a real doll. Maybe something else, like a picture, or an ornament.” “There is a lot of ornaments in this house, I haven’t been paying attention to them, but that would fit being hidden in plain view,” said Kat, “and a picture would as well, though I haven’t seen a picture of a doll.”
Meow,meow.=Maybe we not looking right. Remember what Annelie do to Rock one morning? He come in and say “good morning doll”, and she slap him hard. Kat and Jennifer laughed as they remembered that morning. “That’s a good thought Muffin,” said Kat, “these people just might use the word ‘doll’ to refer to a woman, not a toy doll. That would also keep things a bit more secretive.” “Yes,” said Jennifer, “that’s a good possibility, there are a lot of portraits of beautiful women in this house. Perhaps some directions are on the back of a portrait.”
“Well, it’s worth taking a look,” said Kat, and she called Annelie and told her and Rock to come back. I started sweating and sat up quickly, holding my head and screaming. Kat got me to lie down again. Annelie came in shortly after and took a look at me. “Muffin says he’s headed back to ‘nowhere’ again,” said Kat, getting rather anxious now. “Yes, I’m sure he is,” replied Annelie, “it’s because of that drug mixture they gave to Steve. But I’m afraid they will react badly with Steve’s regular medicine. But I can give him a shot that will calm him down a bit.”
“Good, do that,” said Kat, “Jennifer, call Baldwin, tell him to get in touch with Steve’s doctor about those drugs.” She did so right away. Baldwin was very concerned about this, but he was unable to get hold of my regular doctor. So he called the original doctor that had treated me the first time. That doctor agreed with Annelie, that the drugs might cause a very unfavorable reaction which could end up being deadly. They need something to counteract those drugs first. Baldwin relayed that information to Jennifer, and she told the others.
Rock had just come in from outside and heard the news also. “Danny showed me the door,” said Rock, “he’s outside enjoying a nap at the moment. Maybe there’s some kind of antidote in that doctor’s lab.” “We’ll have to try and find out,” said Annelie. “You will have to go Annelie,” said Kat, “we’ll need your medical knowledge. Rock, you come with us too, and M.C.” “Hey, I’m going too,” said Jennifer, “you need to stay with Steve.” “No, I want you to stay with Steve,” said Kat, “please. And Muffin will be with you.” “Okay, if you insist,” said Jennifer.
After they left Jennifer started looking at the pictures in the bedroom. There was one of a young woman so she looked at the back, but there was nothing there. Then she remembered that every room had a picture of a woman hanging on one of the walls. But they were all different from what she could remember. Then she thought about the large portrait in the living room, she was sure it was identical to this one, just larger. And there was a mantel under it, which she thought was somewhat out of place. She told Muffin about it.
Meow,meow.=M.C. and me think there is fireplace in that wall. Outside the wall is 4 feet longer than inside, lots of space to hide fireplace. “So Steve was talking about an old case to make you think about now and where we need to look,” said Jennifer. Meow,meow=Yep, he not able to talk right, so he did best thing he could to give us clue. “And he aimed the clue at you,” she added, “does that mean he doesn’t trust anyone else?” Meow,meow.=No, not mean that, it just best way he could talk. Just then I got up, yelling, and holding my head.
Jennifer tried to calm me down but I tried to punch her and missed. She then put her knee in my stomach and put a kick to my head, not too hard, but enough to stop me. She then put me back on the bed, crying again. Meow,meow.=Not worry, you had to do this, my human not be mad about it. And she gave Jennifer a hug. Meow,meow=Me know, me understand. Meanwhile, the others were in the underground lab and Annelie had found what she needed for me. Kat got another distress call from Muffin and she told the others, “more trouble, let’s get going!” They all ran fast, but M.C. was there first. MEOW!!
To Be Continued.
Photos of M.C. are kindly provided by his human, Nina.
Previous chapters of this story, and other stories, can be found on my home page under “The Investigators, Inc.”
©2021 Steve McLeod.
Wednesday’s Wanderings. #27
Good morning to everyone! I hope you are all having a wonderful day! It’s a beautiful morning, the sky is blue, there are some clouds in the east that are presently blocking the sun’s rays from touching us just yet. That will change shortly though. The blue jays were here and had their breakfast, now the evening grosbeaks are here enjoying theirs. The chickadees, white-breasted and red-breasted nuthatches are flitting back and forth through all the other birds getting their share of seeds as well. The 2 juncos are still here, spending their time on the ground going through the shells, getting bits and pieces of sunflower seeds that are always mixed in with the shells. That’s perfect for the juncos, they have a hard time opening sunflower seeds.
That big raccoon was here again last night about 9:30, Muffin sat at the window, tail fluffed out and growling occasionally to let me know she’s doing her watchcat duties. And when the raccoon left I praised her, to let her know she was doing a great job. At 10:30pm that big bear showed up. He didn’t find anything, what little was out there the raccoon ate an hour before. So he seemed a little grumpy about that and decided to mess up everything on the deck. I didn’t really think that was very nice, plus he disturbed my sleep. That’s no way to get food. But it also showed that the bears haven’t gone into hibernation yet. I was hoping this cooler weather would do it, but I guess not.
They probably know that nicer weather is on the way, starting today in fact. It should get up to about 39F (4C) today, and up to about 46F (8C) for the next 3 days. Almost summer like, okay, maybe not quite, but it will be nice anyway and that’s the main thing. But it does mean bears are out walking around a bit later than usual too. Something scared all my birds away again, I mean everything disappeared out there, even the blue jays. It would be nice to get a good look, and even a picture, of that hawk. However, I would prefer that he would just head south like a nice hawk should do. Hawks don’t normally stay so late. It’s not a large hawk, so I figure it’s probably a sharp-shinned hawk. Quite likely it’s a young bird.
Well, my birds are back I see, all these yellow lights in the trees, with some blue ones mixed in too, looks quite beautiful. I was able to get a better count of my evening grosbeaks yesterday afternoon, 85 of them now. No wonder they go through those seeds so fast. I have a question, I like to keep back up copies of my pictures, but which would be best? Those stick kind, called flash drives, thumb drives and a whole bunch of other names, or a real external hard drive? Perhaps there is no difference, but I would like to know what you think. My photos are important to me. Thanks so much! I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2021 Steve McLeod.
