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For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
We had all gone in the house and found Dawn, Roxette and the 3 cats. All were confused but otherwise not hurt in any way. Beryan and Engla were nowhere in sight, however, and that part worried me. Obviously whoever did this has kidnapped the two of them. They had a little over an hour to do all of this and get away from the house. The house is only 10 years old, Cristy discovered that for us, and there is no space anywhere for hidden passageways or rooms, except maybe in the attic. However, I really don’t think there is anything like that in this house.
Mary has lived in this spot for all of her adult life, though the original house burned down 13 years ago, a month after her husband died. She was married at 17 to a man that was 35. Mary told us he was a wonderful husband and father. He worked with an insurance company in the city and died of a heart attack. He would have been 65 at the time, not that old really, but a heart attack would not be that unusual for a man his age. Anyway, I had gone into the kitchen and saw the envelope on the table and was curious that it had my name on it.
I opened it and there were two 8×10 photos, one of Beryan and one of Engla. Both were naked, no doubt to show me the bruises on their bodies. They had been beaten quite badly, but obviously not here, the photos were taken elsewhere. There was also a note, very short, which read, “Don’t you think it’s time to go back home?” There was no name attached to the note. Do they really think we will leave without Beryan and Engla? Sky came into the kitchen at that moment so I handed her the photos and note, then I went and leaned on the counter.
Sky came over to me, she could tell I was taking it hard. “It’s not your fault Steve,” she said, “we’ll find whoever did this and make them pay.” “It is my fault Sky,” I said, “it is totally my fault! I could have prevented this, I really could have!” “You can’t see the future Steve,” she said reassuringly, “so how can it be your fault?” “Because I should have sent at least one of the ghosts along,” I said, “then this would not have happened.” “But none of us thought of that Steve,” she said, “you sent 8 of the girls along with Mary, and 3 cats. That’s more than enough.”
“No, it wasn’t enough,” I said. Then Sky noticed something and called for Angel right away. “Give Steve some strength Angel,” she said. Angel put her hands on me and gave me some strength right away and I felt better immediately. “Okay,” I said, “next stop for us is that nightclub. Aari, are you in the city yet?” “Yep, we’re here at the rendezvous location,” he said. “Okay, stay there for now until I call you,” I said, “you might have to put up a show of strength to some people tonight at that nightclub. Do you have your new clothes?”
“Yep, we are now Jensen’s Jaguars,” he said, “Carine is with me as my wife and Kitty as my sister. We are looking for my niece Engla which you just told me was kidnapped and beaten.” “Good, we are headed to that club right now,” I told him, “I will let you know how things go.” Milena and Nakedra are going to be just fine, but I told Kristina to keep them at the hotel with Mary for tonight. Dawn and her team will all go to the hotel for now as well. The ghosts and the Wildcats will come along to visit the managers of this nightclub and see if we can get our girls back.
We will try to get the message across that keeping them from us will be detrimental to their health. The health of the managers, that is. I communicated with Jennifer what has been going on and what we are now doing. Sky, however, communicated something a little different. The sneak. We soon were pulling into the nightclub parking lot and without me knowing, Sky disappeared briefly, but was back again before I noticed. And she brought someone with her, Jennifer. The sneaky sneak.
Jennifer was wearing the same clothes as Kat, so I didn’t notice at first that it was Jennifer. The sneakier sneak. I then turned and began talking to Kat, then I stopped walking and looked around quickly. For a moment I was sure this was Jennifer, must be this mixed up night. As we neared the door, Kat took my hand. “I think it would be best to hold your hand,” she said, “um, just in case.” “I was right!” I exclaimed, “You sneakiest of sneaks!” Jennifer giggled.
“I’m over here,” said Kat as she tapped my opposite shoulder. I looked around. “Where is that other sneak?” I asked. I saw a hand raised at the back of our group. Sigh. Sky, Angel, Jennifer and myself went in first, along with Ivy, Amber, Kera and Marlena. We walked past the doormen and were met by another, rather big, man who told me we need to wait at the door for a table. “An interesting thought,” I said, “where is the manager?” I kept walking and this guy stood in front of me this time.
“Do you have an appointment?” he asked, “What is your name?” “My name is Go Home,” I said, “where is Francois?” The man just stood there, so I pushed him out of the way, knocking him to the floor and we headed to the back of the club. We were met there by 4 big men with guns this time. However, Ivy, Amber, Kera and Marlena stepped forward and took care of them nice and quick. These girls are getting better all the time.
Next we found the office but the door was locked. Undoubtedly the manager was expecting us by now. Jennifer then came and kicked the door open for me and in we went. There were three men with guns out, plus Francois, the manager. The men with guns quickly dropped them yelling something about the guns being too hot. I always enjoy that part. I dropped photos of Beryan and Engla, not the ones left for me though, on the desk of Francois. “I want them back, now,” I told him. “I have no idea what you’re talking about,” he said. “Wrong answer,” I told him…
To Be Continued. ©2025 Steve McLeod.
Soon after losing contact with Dawn and the 3 girls that went into Mary’s house, the cats pressed their alarm button. Milena called me right away and told me what was going on and she was unable to reach Dawn and the others. So, she asked if they should go in the house and look around. I said no to that but told her to try and let the cats out of the house. I also told her that we would be coming right away and to wait at the cars for us. I then told the rest of Dawn’s team to be ready to leave in 3 minutes.
I also told Kat and her Wildcats to come with us. That would give us Kat, Kristina and myself for ghosts, but Jennifer said we needed to take more with us. So, I took Sky and Angel as well. In three minutes we were on the road and heading for the city. Sherry is driving the lead van and I told the others to keep up with her, which is no easy feat.
Meanwhile, Macy and Jackie went up to the front door of Mary’s house and opened it enough to let the cats out. However, no cats came out, so Macy said “meow”, but still no cats showed up. Then she called for the cats. But still nothing. Milena and Nakedra had stayed by the car with Mary and as the girls looked back, Milena waved to them to return, which they did, quickly. I told Milena it was time to let Mary know what was happening, so she did. This made Mary both scared and worried.
I told Milena that all of them were to stay at the cars, and stay alert, until we arrived. It’s amazing how long it seems to take driving to the city when there is an emergency, even when we are driving faster than normal. Actually, I think that’s the only way Sherry knows how to drive, fast. She is a fantastic driver though and I trust her driving skills. Jennifer, and now Ivy, drive the same way as Sherry. Fast and furious. It took the other girls an hour and a half to reach Mary’s house from our chateau, it took us less than an hour. Before we arrived, however, I lost contact with Milena and the others.
That is really odd, those four girls know how to stay alert, no one can sneak up on them easily. Now I’m starting to get very worried. Before we left home I had asked Cristy to check on the background of Mary, and especially the parents of these children that had disappeared mysteriously 15 years ago. About half way to the city Cristy had called me with some interesting information on the parents. They both worked at the same nightclub in the city which the police think has gang involvement, but they have never found any proof.
The most interesting part is that this nightclub was, and still is, owned by our old “friend” Koffman. There’s the connection to gang involvement and would partly explain the disappearance of the parents, though why exactly they would have been killed is something we don’t yet know. Now, is there a connection between the parents disappearance and their children’s disappearance? Did the children just leave home to go work at this same nightclub where their parents had worked?
That is something we will need to check on, though I doubt we will get any help from the people running that club for Koffman. I’m sure they know all about us and will just tell us to leave. But, we have to try anyway. We finally came driving up to the house and parked behind the girl’s van. I sensed trouble, serious trouble, so I told everyone to be extra careful getting out of their vans. I didn’t like the fact we saw no one as we drove up, they were supposed to wait by the car.
The ghosts got out first, then the rest of us. Suddenly Kat and the other ghosts ran over to the car. They brought out Milena and Nakedra and laid them on the grass. They had been stabbed! But how is that possible? Someone had to sneak up real close to them in order to stab them. There was no sign of Macy, Jackie and Mary. Then the three of them came walking from around the side of the house, Macy and Jackie holding onto Mary. Mary was very confused right now and apparently she suddenly ran away and around to the back of the house, with Macy and Jackie chasing her.
Apparently while the girls were watching in every direction, Mary had just run off, and fast. Milena told Macy and Jackie to bring her back and they both said they were only gone maybe a couple of minutes. Just enough time for someone to come along and stab the two of them and put them into the car, then run away. Milena and Nakedra were both stabbed in the stomach, but were alive, so Kat was working on them to hopefully heal those stab wounds. Were the girls that went in the house also stabbed?
If so, it would be too late for them. Whoever did this will certainly regret it. And if Koffman had anything to do with it, then we will put him out of business permanently. Sky wanted to go and check on that house right now, she was angry! I told her we all wanted to go rushing inside, but we need to be careful. She just looked at me. “Steve, we’re ghosts,” she reminded me, “we don’t need to worry about things, just let us go in and look around.” Maybe she was right.
So, in we went, well, some of us went in anyway. Sky, Angel and myself went in first, followed by the Wildcats plus Rusty, Rascal, Tracker, Azura and Boots. The cats will look primarily for the first three cats, Storm, Ginger and Tandi. I find it very hard to believe that anyone could sneak up on Storm, but obviously they did. The remainder of Dawn’s team stayed outside with Kat. As we went inside, I turned the lights on right away and we got a big surprise.
Dawn was sitting on the couch with the 3 cats and all were just staring at us. I tried talking to them, but Dawn just kept staring and the cats just acted like normal cats. “They have been drugged,” said Ivy, “the good part is, it should wear off after a while.” “But how was someone able to drug them?” I asked. “Guess that’s something we will need to investigate,” replied Ivy. “Okay everyone,” I said, “spread out and look around, groups of four, except the ghosts and keep your guns in your hands at all times.”
Angel found Roxette next, sleeping in one of the bedrooms. She was a bit confused though. She knew who she was, but not where she was or why she was here. Maybe this is why Mary is so confused and why her grandchildren disappeared. However, we didn’t find Beryan or Engla, but I did find something on the kitchen table, a large envelope with my name on it…
To Be Continued. ©2025 Steve McLeod.
