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For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
I was planning to send Matt back home with Miles, but decided against it. Since Lauren is here, she knows Aari very well, but not Matt, and since Matt is the leader of the Knight Riders, I felt it would be better to keep him here. I did ask him if he would mind, since Penny is his wife and she is sick. He said it would be okay, Penny and Matt had talked much about different things before they got married, and unless it was something they knew was life threatening, then the team comes first.
Annelie and Rock are the same way, as are Jennifer and I. Since there are at least 3 people to whom Viktor owes money, plus Lauren who wants money from him too, I decided to add another one into the mix. That is where Matt and his Knight Riders will come into play, and that will happen tonight if Viktor ends up at one of those nightclubs. It was also rather interesting that Jazzy Nilsen, the owner of that one nightclub, was on a first name basis with that police officer.
Could be he is on her payroll, so we will need to keep that in mind. We now know that Enid is not the Enid that Viktor married 5 years ago. They don’t look alike at all now that we have a good clear picture of the real Enid. That would explain the separate bedrooms, but Viktor seems to be going along with this change of wives quite voluntarily. So, what happened to his first wife? Is he really married to this woman? And who is this Enid anyway?
I should never ask myself such questions, sometimes I get answers that I don’t want to hear. Such was the case this time. “Hi Steve, can you talk?” asked Pacca. “Yes, I am getting my afternoon massage,” I said, “I hope you have some good information for me.” “Well, I do have some information,” she said, “but I don’t know if you will like it.” “That’s okay, tell me anyway,” I said, “we need information right now, good or bad, so we can get a break and find out what is going on, hopefully.”
“Okay, Jazzy Nilsen was born in Norway, but her mother moved to the US when was 2. The mother had met a man that she fell in love with and so divorced her husband and moved in with her new lover. They did get married a few years later. The man’s first wife had died and he had one son, also 2 years old. That son’s name was Toledo.” “So, Jazzy is Toledo’s step sister,” I said, “that is quite interesting.” “Even more so,” said Pacca, “Jazzy and Toledo got married when they were 18 since they were not really related and Toledo’s father had never adopted Jazzy.
They had two sons, both in their 20’s now. Jazzy is now 45. But don’t run ahead of yourself, Viktor is not one of the sons. There is one son that lives in the city though and works with his mother. The younger son reportedly lives in Mexico and doesn’t get along with his brother at all.” “Well, this is certainly new news about Toledo that we never found out before,” I said, “um, how did you find out all this information?” “From Miss Kat’s boyfriend, Trapper,” she said giggling, “I knew I wouldn’t be able to say that without laughing!”
“You’re lucky that Kat didn’t hear you say that,” I said. “That’s for sure!” she agreed. “I really wish Trapper would join us though,” I said, “he has a lot of knowledge that could help us a lot.” “Maybe it’s good this way though, Steve,” said Pacca, “he can keep up with current information very easily and then pass it on to us.” “True, but if he ever gets caught, that will be the end of him,” I said. “Now, I do have some information about Enid too,” said Pacca, “her real name is Vanessa Haugen.
Her father was from Norway, but he moved to Canada where he got married and that is where Vanessa was born. She moved to Trondheim a year ago, but at what point she moved in with Viktor I don’t know.” She then gave me the address where Vanessa is supposed to be living since she moved here. We will definitely check that out tomorrow. Maybe that is where she goes during the day and not to work as Pacca was unable to find any business where she might be employed.
I thanked Pacca and asked her to keep digging and she agreed to do that. According to the tracker on Enid (Vanessa), she had gone to be with Viktor where he works and stayed there for 2 hours. Then she went to the address that Pacca had given me, so obviously she had kept the flat in that building, for whatever reason. Perhaps a partner of hers is living there. We were to find out it was much more sinister than that. For now we are concentrating on following Viktor tonight and see where he goes.
I told Enid we were going to check on those other two nightclubs this evening and we left shortly after dinner. Oddly, Viktor went to Enid’s flat that evening and spent more than an hour there before going to Jazzy’s nightclub. I told Matt where he could find Viktor and to make sure he came on strong. “I already had that in mind Steve,” he said, “that is the best way to deal with these people.” We were in the parking lot of one nightclub and after talking with Matt we all got out of the van and were immediately jumped by some men.
I don’t remember much except receiving several punches to my back and I fell to the ground unconscious. The rest of the team handled our attackers easily enough though. Angel jumped out of the van, landing on her hands and knees and immediately turned into a lion again, roaring at the two men which had attacked me. That made them freeze and she then sprang into action, easily subduing the men, then staying there to protect me.
I was conscious by the time the fight was over, but it was decided we should head back to the house since I needed to rest. The rest of my regular team arrived at the house just before we returned. I had told Enid they were coming so she had everything ready for them. Enid seemed genuinely shocked when she found out we had been attacked at that nightclub.
I was the only one that was hurt though, which is good. My team didn’t think it was so good however. On the way back John had contacted Matt to let him know what happened to us, so Matt said they would be extra watchful. But, perhaps coming back early like we did was a good thing…
To Be Continued.
©2024 Steve McLeod.
While we were talking, Angel heard more voices, but this time the voices were behind the wall. “They are complaining about the glue you put in that hole of the picture,” said Angel giggling, “it is 2 men talking, one was the same that I heard talking with Viktor last night. All is quiet now.” “Hmm, I wonder if they have seen you here before,” I said to Sky. “No, I am not visible to anyone but those on our team right now,” she said, “I made sure to keep it that way just in case someone was watching us.”
“Good thinking,” I said, “um, by the way, you two seem to do some amazing things. Like that electrical current from your hand Sky, and now Angel turning into a lion, that is something totally new.” “Remember Steve, we need to keep these things a secret,” said Sky, “if someone captured you, the less you know the better. They do have drugs that make people talk, and that would not be good.” “Yes, I guess you are right,” I said, “sometimes it’s hard being kept out of the loop.
I think the most amazing thing is that you can hear me say your name, no matter where you are.” She smiled. “And I always will,” she said, “and it doesn’t take me long to show up and help you, remember that.” “Yes, I think that one is amazing too,” said Angel, “it would be nice if all of us ghosts could do that one.” “Nice that the drug in our food didn’t affect you Angel,” I said, “good to know in case I have no time to say Sky’s name.”
“By the way, whatever happened to those locator things we had implanted in us?” asked Sky. “Oh, we were having too much trouble with them,” I said, “so we had them removed. Kat, Carolyn and Patrick are working on something else.” We then decided on going back to bed and morning arrived rather quickly. The cats were happy, we were having pancakes for breakfast, and afterward we had a team meeting before heading into our day.
I wanted to look at those papers again telling about how to find the Stone House treasure and the inheritance. Perhaps they are the same thing, perhaps not. “When was the last time you saw Enid?” I asked Oskar. “I have not seen her until we came here now,” he said, “not even a photo. Viktor kept saying he would send me a photo, but he kept forgetting.
I did see some wedding photos, but Enid was always with her back to the camera or her face was hidden behind something, but she did have nice, long blond hair. They did not have a good photographer.” He laughed as he said this. “She now has shoulder length black hair,” I said, “kind of odd, and they have separate bedrooms.” “Viktor said she dyed her hair because it looked more professional for her job as a legal secretary. Strange they have different bedrooms, they are obviously much in love.”
“Penny, please get me a photo of Enid from 4 or 5 years ago,” I said. “Hi Steve, Pacca here,” she said, “I will do my best.” “Um, what happened to Penny?” I asked. “She and Brook are both in the clinic,” she said, “both have headaches that will not go away, no one else is having problems though.” I then got in touch with Jennifer who assured me they were checking things out carefully. I decided to send Miles home, Cal will be coming to help us instead, as will the rest of my regular team.
I told Matt to head home as well and turn things over to Aari. I told Jennifer that I was sure Lauren was here, along with at least one of her big dogs. She is one of Christopher’s aunts and we had trouble with her before. Aari knew her years ago when he worked for Victor (not our present Viktor), and she always wanted Aasta to work for her in her “porn department” as she called it. Aasta is 18, but she looks younger, and is very beautiful, a perfect combination Lauren told Aari (who was known as the Major at the time).
At that time Aasta was only 14, but she looked like she was 10. Lauren tried to take Aasta from us a while back but we foiled her attempt and she vowed to return one day and get her revenge, by taking Aasta and killing me. Maybe that’s what this whole inheritance thing is all about. We shall see. I had told all of this to Sky before she left. Jennifer thought I should come home and forget about this case entirely. “Hmm, Sky had said the same thing,” I told her.
“We ghosts think alike,” said Jennifer, “you just make sure that either Angel or Sky is with you at all times.” “I promise to do that,” I said. “I heard that promise,” said Angel. “So did I,” said Sky. She was on the bed right behind me and actually made me jump that time. She just giggled. That morning we spent our time looking for that door that must be in the living room. Enid seemed to be a bit nervous that we were looking around so closely and she kept trying to get us to check other rooms of the house too.
Angel began to ask her more normal types of questions, unlike me, which seemed to calm her down a bit. Angel asked how she and Viktor had first met, how long they were engaged before getting married and a whole bunch of other unimportant things. It did keep Enid occupied though and they eventually ended up in the kitchen having coffee while they talked. We didn’t find any secret door, however, which was rather disappointing, especially since we knew there had to be one in that room.
Finally Enid said she needed to go shopping and pick up a few things for dinner. After she left Tracker picked up the scent of a dog which led us to a secret door, just inside the kitchen. Now we just need to find out how to open it. Obviously there is another way into those secret passages too, from the outside, so Mac, John, Nakedra and Victoria took Tracker, Muffin, Storm and Tiger outside to look around. We were told to just help ourselves for lunch.
After lunch Pacca sent me a photo of Enid and Viktor on their wedding day. Now we are getting somewhere. I want to have another talk with Viktor, unfortunately this is a day when he works late, which means we will find him at one of the nightclubs. I had put a tracker on his jacket so he would be easy to follow.
Angel had also put a tracker on Enid’s jacket so we could keep track of her whereabouts today as well. We are getting somewhere, but maybe not where I want to be getting. Now for those clues for the treasure and the inheritance…
To Be Continued.
©2024 Steve McLeod.
