A man had just come in to talk with Mr. Finders and the secretary/receptionist had told him that Finders was too busy and could not see him right then. The man looked at her eyes that sent a chill through her. “He will see me,” said the man, and he continued to walk toward Finders’ office door. “No, Sir, you can’t go in there!” she shouted and she picked up her phone to let Finders know someone was coming.

But a large fist landed on that phone, smashing it to pieces. “Cheap plastic junk,” was all the man said. Lois looked way up to the face of this giant of a man and she sat silent in her chair. The office door was locked, but not for long as this giant gave it one whack with his hand, nearly knocking the door off it’s hinges.

Then the first man, a woman and the giant walked into the office. Finders, however, had heard Lois shout and was ready with his gun out and another man was there also and he too had his gun out. But suddenly they yelled and dropped their guns, staring in disbelief at how hot their guns had become. They tried to quickly pick them up again, but they were just too hot!

Finders and the other man, named Eddy, looked up at the three people in front of them. “Now Mr. Finders,” said the man, “perhaps we can sit down and talk.” “Uh, yeah, sure,” said Finders, “this is Eddy, he is my computer guy, I know little about those things, but Eddy can do anything with a computer. How may I help you?”

Finders was quickly trying to appear calm though he was actually sweating at this point. “My name is Aari,” he began, “this is my wife Kristina and this is Rock, my bodyguard. We are from Europe and I am the leader of a, shall we say, group, of men called Jensen’s Jaguars. We are usually kept quite busy in Europe so seldom come to America.

But, it was a bit slow right now and my wife’s sister called and asked if I would be interested in helping her boss with a job. So I said to myself, why not? My wife and I can turn it into a bit of a honeymoon too since we haven’t had time for one yet.

Her boss is someone you have met already, a man named Steve who is working for a young couple named Ezra and Tammy. I just wanted to let you know that I took the job, so me and my boys are here now. I would suggest that perhaps you leave those people alone or we will take you and your company apart. Any questions?”

“Did she also tell you that she owes me a lot of money?” Finders asked, “Plus, I’m the one with the studio she needs to make all those cool videos. I make her a lot of money and it’s time I started seeing my share of it. You tell her that!” Finders had stood up at the end, slamming his fist on his desk for extra emphasis on what he just said.

Aari sat calmly, showing no emotion whatever. Then he said, “Rock.” Then Rock went over and slammed his fist on the desk, breaking it in half. Aari and Kristina then stood up to leave. “Don’t make me do that to you Finders,” said Aari, then the three of them left.

After they were gone Lois went quickly into the office to find out what happened. Eddy was looking up the Jaguars and then told Finders what he discovered. “All there is about them comes from a police report,” said Eddy, “he has an estimated 150 men, they are a tough bunch and involved in a lot of different things, drugs, extortion, kidnapping, guns, gambling, murder for hire, major thefts including gold and jewels.

They’re a busy bunch, that’s for sure. And here’s something else that is very interesting, this guy has a sister whose name is Kat, leader of the Wildcats. Sound familiar boss?” “Yeah, now we know why those Wildcats helped Tammy’s parents,” said Finders, “she hired them, and using my money to do it!

Well, I don’t care how many people she hires, she is not going to cheat me! Get me Percy, he’s the best sniper in this area. Then get Tammy on the phone so I can talk some sense into her.” Meanwhile, back at Ezra’s office where Tammy has joined us. “Look,” said Tammy, “we have a business to run. You were hired to give us security, not question everything we do.”

“Tammy, without us your business would be finished quickly,” said Misty, “plus, you and your family will be helping the grass to grow over you. These questions are necessary to protect you, your family and your business. Now, relax, sit down and answer the questions my husband asks, and don’t lie. It’s easy for us to pick out a liar.”

I was quite surprised by Misty standing up to Tammy the way she did, pleasantly surprised. I think Misty is beginning to feel more comfortable in her role as my wife, and helper. Just then Tammy got a phone call, said “excuse me” and headed for the door.

However, Misty stood up in front of the door and wouldn’t let her past. “This is a private call Misty,” said Tammy. “This office is big,” said Misty, “go sit over there and we won’t be able to hear you.” I could see that Tammy was getting angry, but she said nothing and went over to the far corner of the office where there was a nice armchair, and she began talking quietly.

Misty remembered that I could now hear much better, and I could also hear both sides of the conversation when a person was on the phone. So, I listened intently to a very interesting conversation while Misty talked with Ezra…

To Be Continued.

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