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For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
While we were watching Misty fight those 4 guys, Lombardi, David and Vinnie got away from us. This will not be easy to explain, that’s for sure. I need to remember that I’m not Leader 1 right now, Kat and Jennifer are still in that position, which means I have to explain to them why I allowed Lombardi and friends to escape, basically right in front of us!
“Sky, check his office upstairs,” I said, “I will check and see if his car is still here. Misty, you stay here.” Sky and I were a bit worried at this point and we didn’t notice that Misty wasn’t worried. Sky returned and said there wasn’t anyone on the top 3 floors. I came running back and said that Lombardi’s car was gone! That means he got away from us and will be hard to find now.
What’s worse is the paralyzing effect on Vinnie will wear off in about an hour. Although I guess that is not too important now that we have the family safe in our care. “Why do you keep running around Steve?” asked Misty, “You’re a ghost now, you can blink and go there, blink and come back.” “Blink?” I inquired, “I don’t blink to do anything.”
“Well, whatever it is you do to disappear and travel around,” she said, rolling her eyes. “She has a point Steve,” said Sky, “why do you run around?” “I just keep forgetting, that’s all,” I said, a bit embarrassed. “Now what?” asked Sky, “Do we call Kat and tell her we let Lombardi escape?” “Um, no, let’s not do that right now,” I said, then I looked at Misty, “and why is Misty not worried like we are?”
She just looked at us and shook her head. “Cristy, you awake?” asked Misty. “Of course I’m awake,” said Cristy, “I’m awake 24 hours per day just so I can do your bidding. I mean, why would I want to sleep? Sleep just makes a person feel good and why would I want to feel good?” “I think she’s being sarcastic,” said Sky.
“Hush,” said Misty, “no, not you Cristy, I was talking to Sky. Anyway, it sounds like someone hasn’t had their morning coffee yet.” “No, I have not had my morning coffee yet,” said Cristy emphatically, “I was too busy trying to enjoy my 5 minutes of allotted sleep time!” “Ooooh, sarcasm too,” said Misty, “but this is important Cristy, otherwise I wouldn’t bother you, I would leave that to Steve.”
“It’s always important,” added Cristy with a sigh, “okay, what would you like?” “I need a fix on locator P23 and P24 please,” said Misty cheerfully. “When did we start calling trackers “locators”?” I asked Sky. “No idea,” she said, “must be something new.” “Good,” I said, “glad it’s not just me then.” “They appear to be on Level 2,” said Cristy, “and stop being so cheerful.”
“Thank you dearest sister,” said Misty, “now, go have your coffee and pancakes and tell the breakfast cook that’s an order.” “On my way!” said Cristy. “Um, I checked the second floor quite thoroughly,” said Sky, “and why are you shaking your head ‘no’?” “Level 2 is second floor…down!” said Misty smiling cheerfully. Sky looked at her.
“Cristy is right,” said Sky, “stop being so cheerful.” “Don’t pay any attention,” I said to Misty, “Sky hasn’t had her morning coffee yet.” Misty giggled. “I know what you told her,” said Sky, “you, you miserable male ghost!” “Oh, oops, I’m sorry Steve,” said Misty with her head down, “please forgive me for saying that. I haven’t had my morning coffee yet either.”
Then she gave me a hug and she turned and gave a hug to Sky as well, smiling. “We make a good team,” said Misty cheerfully. “Yep, I agree,” said Sky. “Except when I mess up,” I said sighing. The girls giggled. “Okay, now we call for some help,” I said, “we don’t want to mess up this time.” So, I communicated with Kat and she sent Misty’s team to help us, along with Kristina, Kitty and Angel.
“Sky,” said Kat, “you will stay right beside Steve and Misty the whole time, and that’s an order.” “I get the impression she knows something,” I said. “Yep,” said Sky and Misty together. “Misty, when this case is over,” I began, “you will join the ghosts.”
“Yay! Then we’ll all be…” she stopped, “um, that means I need to die and I don’t want to die, I have never died before, it might hurt, it might kill me or make me sick or maybe even worse. Can’t we think about this for a few years, like maybe 40 or so?” “Kat can do it quickly,” said Sky, “it won’t hurt you at all, there’s no problem, you will enjoy it.”
“Somehow I can’t imagine enjoying being killed,” said Misty, “let’s just forget the whole thing, okay?” “No arguing,” I said, “you won’t be a ghost, but you will look like you are a ghost. It will be fun, honest.” Misty sighed loud and long. Anyway, it didn’t take long for our help to arrive…
To Be Continued.
©2025 Steve McLeod.
We seem to have spooked Lombardi enough that he decided to leave and head back to his office where he figures it will be safer for him. I wonder if it will be safer though? Somehow I doubt it. David and Vinnie have turned out to be traitors and have been for some time obviously. “David said he got the list from the top man himself,” I said to Sky and Misty, “I wonder who he was talking about? Is there someone else higher up in this organization?”
“Seems to me he was talking about Rossana’s boss,” said Misty casually, “who else would know the list of infiltrators? Just makes sense. Give him enough money and there you have it, the complete list.” She smiled. Now it was my turn to stand there and blink. Misty was right, of course, it does make sense. I gave her a big hug and kiss.
“Hey, you two,” said Sky, “are you trying for some kind of kissing record?” Poor Misty, she was red as could be after Sky said that. “Oops, sorry Misty,” I said, “I was just so happy.” “That’s okay,” she said, “I didn’t complain did I?” “Um, shouldn’t we have gone with Lombardi in his car?” asked Sky. “Might have been a bit crowded,” I said, “besides, we know where he’s going, to his office.”
“What if he has more than one office?” asked Misty. “He probably does,” I said, “but the way he said it tells me he was referring to his main office, the place where he feels the most safe. We know where that is and can get there first. Besides, we can’t leave Vinnie behind, she can identify us and that would be trouble.” “Um, but we have the family now,” said Sky, “so what’s the problem?”
“Well, even though David and Vinnie have turned out to be traitors,” I said, “they are still Rossana’s family, so I don’t want to just leave Vinnie for these guys to toss overboard for the fish. We will take her with us to Lombardi’s office, that should shake him up a bit more.” The girls giggled at the thought. Sky then went over and touched Vinnie and I held Misty’s hand and we were all gone to the restaurant.
Lombardi’s office is on the second floor, but we will start here. We put Vinnie on a chair that had arms on it so she wouldn’t fall off. “Okay, Misty, you stay here with Vinnie,” I told her, “Sky, you take the back entrance and I will take the side entrance. That way they can’t sneak in without us knowing about it.” “Hey, smart thinking Steve,” said Misty.
“Thank you Misty,” I said, “now remember, if there is trouble, just say my name and I will come right away. After all, this is the way they will most likely use to come in.” “Right,” she said emphatically, then she thought, “um, wouldn’t it be better for you to stay here Steeeee…you’re gone already.” She sighed.
“I’m the only one that can’t go invisible and I’m at the most likely entrance they will use,” she thought to herself, “I need some invisible powder, or something, otherwise I am going to get killed one of these times, and if I do, I, I, I will come back and haunt Steve! Hmm, guess I can’t do that without being a ghost, and I can’t be a ghost.
I don’t want to be killed anyway. I’ll just sit and wait. How is a woman supposed to sit with these tight clothes anyway? It’s almost like they’re part of my skin. Steve says this is what these criminal types like to see. This skirt is so short my whole leg shows…both of them. At least this tight skirt won’t get in the way of kicking, providing I get a chance to kick, maybe they’ll just shoot me.
Nah, Steve said Lombardi would likely torture me first. Thanks Steve, now I have something more to worry about. Steve doesn’t want a pretend wife, he wants a decoy. ooooh, I’m sorry Steve, I didn’t mean that, honest, I’m just nervous, a little. Well, maybe more than a little. Okay, a lot. I’m nervous a lot. Sigh.
I can barely breathe in these clothes they’re so tight, I don’t even have anywhere to put my gun since I wasn’t allowed to wear a holster. Steve had to carry it for me, now I have to hold onto it. I’m going to join Kat’s team, they don’t wear tight clothes like this. Wait, I have my own team now. I hereby declare that no tight clothes will be worn on my team!
Sigh, I doubt if that would work, I’m not on my team right now. Hey, did I just hear something? It sounds like voices.” Just then Lombardi and his friends entered the restaurant. “Hey, how did Vinnie get here ahead of us?” asked David, “And she’s tied up and gagged too!” Lombardi’s men looked around. “Hey, it’s that same woman on the yacht!” yelled one of the men, “How did she get here so fast?”
Misty stepped into the open better with her gun pointed at Lombardi. “I told you before,” said Misty, “I’m a ghost, I don’t need to use a car, I just think about where I want to go, and I’m there. I was nice enough to bring Vinnie with me since your men were going to take her out for swimming lessons and she wouldn’t be able to swim when she is paralyzed. Steve.”
But I didn’t appear. “Sky.” said Misty. Still nothing, no Steve, no Sky. “Uh, uh,” said Misty when she saw one of the men going for his gun, “take out a gun and Lombardi dies first, then the rest of you. Remember, you can’t kill a ghost because I’m already dead, but I can certainly kill all of you. Steve!” She said my name louder that time but still nothing.
The others looked all around. “STEVE!” she yelled, “You miserable male ghost, you come here right now!!” She yelled so loud that time that I heard her quite clearly, so did Sky. But when Misty yelled that time she had her eyes closed, which she always does when she yells that loud. That gave one of the men time to pull his gun and shoot Misty. She fell to her knees groaning.
“You got me,” she said, “everything is going black and, hey, I just found 5 euros under this chair!” She stood up and waved it. “See, I told you that it’s not possible to kill a ghost,” she said, “you just won’t believe me.” She shook her head. All the men took out their guns now but they dropped them quickly because they were too hot to hold. Misty laughed at them.
“What’s wrong guys?” she asked, “Are your guns a bit warm?” Then she laughed some more. “Don’t just stand there,” yelled Lombardi, “go get her!” The four men ran for Misty, but now she could take care of herself quite nicely, I had been helping her before this so she wouldn’t get shot. Sky and I sat on a table and watched the fun as Misty kicked these guys around and threw 2 of them over her shoulder, 3 times no less.
Finally the show was over. “And why did you two just sit and watch?” asked Misty. “I thought if we joined in then it wouldn’t be a fair fight,” I said, “and I do like to watch you fight, you’re so amazing.” She blushed red again. “Uh, Steve,” said Sky, “Lombardi, David and Vinnie are gone.”
To Be Continued.
©2025 Steve McLeod.
