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20/20 Investigations, Inc…Stone House, Chapter 7.
Fortunately there isn’t many houses along that road and it didn’t take us too long to walk back. We can only hope that no one saw us. Meow.=Time to eat. Eat? We ate before we left. Meow.=Hungry again. Okay, we’ll eat and then check out that passageway again. After eating I go out to the garage to get some boards to put across that hole. That should make things a little safer for us. While I was in the garage I heard a car drive up, so I went out to check. My heart started thumping rather loud and fast, it was the police. That was certainly fast. They asked about the lawyer and my relationship to him. I told them he had hired me to find someone named JR. So far, I said, I have no leads at all, after 3 days of looking. I had phoned the lawyer yesterday to try and get more information but didn’t get anything to help.
He never mentioned anything about coming out to see me though. They called the lawyers secretary and she confirmed that I had talked with him yesterday. She also said the lawyer was supposed to be seeing a client in another town, nowhere near this one. That seemed a little odd. Next I gave the police permission to search the house, figured they would do it anyway. I wasn’t sure what was going to happen when they found the guns and all our other stuff we had. However, they didn’t find any of it, not even our backpacks, which kind of surprised me, though obviously Muffin must have done something with them. But what? Anyway, the police were satisfied with everything, but did tell me not to get involved with an active police investigation. And I wasn’t allowed to leave the area just yet. Great, stuck here with nothing to do.
After they left Muffin came over to me, meow, meow.=Should have put lawyer in hole with “skinny”. Hmm, yes, you’re right, but too late now. By the way, what did you do with all our stuff? Meow, meow.=When saw police come, I work fast while you talk with them. Meow, meow.=Managed to reach spot on wall by standing on shelf and able to open door to passage. Meow, meow.=Then drag everything into passage and door close. Good for you Muffin, that was quick thinking! Well, we can’t do much, but we can still search that passage and see if JR is hiding in there. I went back out and brought those boards inside to put across the hole. But first, I want to see what’s in that leather case. I took it out of the wall safe and opened it. Wow, this is something big! No wonder they want to kill JR. Meow, meow?=Does that mean they kill lawyer? More than likely, to get us out of the way Muffin.
Just then I got a phone call from the police giving me permission to continue looking for this JR. However, if I don’t find her within 7 days, then I must go back home. Okay, I said, I will keep you informed. After hanging up it hit me, they said “find her”! Do they know that JR is a woman? Or was it something the police officer said without actually meaning anything? Whatever the case, we have permission to continue our search, just stay out of the other investigation. Fine with us, right Muffin? Meow!=Yep! Meow, meow.=But something not seem right. I agree with you Muffin, but first things first, let’s check that passage. So in we went and picked up our stuff. I made sure Muffin was ready for anything and I had my gun ready just in case.
I laid the boards across the hole and we walked safely over them. Meow, meow.=”Skinny” still in hole. That’s probably the first man that went missing some 200 years ago. That’s why no one found him, they never found the extra passage. We go a bit further and turn to the right and end up in a sort of room, though it was small and empty, and a dead end.
To be continued.
Steve and Muffin. (previous chapters and stories can be found on my home page under 20/20 Investigations, Inc.)
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
Daily Pics #115.
Good morning everyone! It is a beautiful spring morning here, that nice fresh spring smell is in the air. Each day there are more and more birds singing joyfully in the trees. Perhaps we can’t get out as much as before, but we can open the windows and listen to that wonderful music as the birds wake up each morning. Or if you’re not a morning person, then the birds do the same thing in the evening, usually until after it gets dark. And in the spring they often will sing all day long. Each species having it’s favorite time of day for singing their cheery songs to help us through our days. I would like to say thanks to everyone for contacting WP over the comments issue, the problem has been fixed now and comments are back to normal.
And Muffin is very happy now too. She gets to have her door open during the day. She can sleep in the sun. And if the sun gets too hot right by the window, then she moves to a slightly less sunny spot for awhile to cool down a bit, before moving back into the sun again. But her early morning routine doesn’t really change. She likes to have her playtime with her fuzz ball and she always likes me to join in with her. I enjoy that part too. She is quite content being indoors. She is strictly an indoor cat, too many dangers out there to let her go outside. But she doesn’t mind. She has a very simple list of needs. And she is very content with what she has. We can learn a lot from animals sometimes.
And now for some different pics. I keep trying to get pics of Sir George taking flight after picking up his food. Not as easy at it sounds but here are a couple…
This one was from last summer. Not the best pic I will admit and it would have been nice to have him centered in the pic at least. But like I said, not so easy to do. For a big bird they move amazingly fast, even when I’m standing there ready for him. Sigh.
This one was from just the other day, turned out a bit better, even though not quite airborne. But I will keep trying for one. Still, I like the way this one turned out.
I hope you all have a wonderful day, stay safe and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
