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The Investigators, Inc. Mountain Cabin Murder Mystery. Chapter 10. No Trust.
It’s a good thing the Black Wolves have a number of big, strong men in their team, they found a lot of gold and silver which was rather heavy to carry. Alfred estimated the gold to be worth more than the cash they found. The gems and jewelry was worth about 5 million pounds he said and all but some of the diamonds were stolen, which made sense. These people have their hands in a lot of different things. The next day there was a knock at someone’s door and a young teen girl answered. A woman asked to talk with her parents but the girl said they were not at home, both were at work.
The woman asked when they would be home and the girl said she didn’t know since they often worked late. The woman said she would come in and wait but the girl tried to close the door, unsuccessfully. Then the girl tried to run away, but she was caught by the woman who then called to her friends outside and they also came in. “You can’t do this,” yelled the girl, “I’ll call the police!” She attempted to pick up her phone but the woman grabbed it from her. “We know your parents are not really your parents,” said the woman, “and you are in serious trouble.”
“So what?” she asked, “The police can’t do much to me, I’m only 16.” “A 16 year old can be murdered just as easily as an adult,” said the woman, “many teens your age and younger children too have been murdered by your fake parents and their friends. Once your usefulness to them is over, then you will also be murdered.” “Right, I don’t believe you lady!” she exclaimed, “These are my real parents, I’m not adopted.”
“You’re right about not being adopted,” said the woman, “but you were kidnapped at the age of 4 and raised as their daughter so they could use you for sex videos, for thefts and for delivering drugs and also for talking to a group of private investigators, telling them they would die in the death room that they had been trapped in out at a mountain mansion.” “You can’t prove any of that,” she said confidently. The woman then opened a laptop she had with her and took her to a porn site. “That’s me and my little brother Matthew!” the girl gasped, “Dad said that was only for our own family to watch!”
“We have also matched your voice to the voice heard in that death room,” said the woman, “and you have beaten 2 young girls of parents who had gotten behind on their blackmail payments.” She then showed the girl paperwork from her Dad which proved he used her to do that. “Dad said those people were blackmailing him,” said the girl who was now crying, “are you going to arrest me and send me to jail?” “Well, that depends on you Kayla,” said Ivy.
Meanwhile, back with us. Aari sent me some of the paperwork he had found in Mr. Frazer’s office and it was very interesting reading, though I really wished it wasn’t true. I communicated with Kat the information that we now had and told her to search the entire cellar of that mansion, but not to go in the death room except through a different entrance. I told her how to find that one. I imagine our 3 prisoners are getting rather hungry about now, although we did leave them with a little food and water. But we did have to keep their handcuffs on so they couldn’t escape.
I told her to give shovels to the prisoners so they could do some digging for us. The teams had found all the remaining listening devices and cameras and had destroyed them. Carine sure helped in picking up conversations from our parents group which helped us locate all of them. We knew of six, but there were 10 altogether.
Now, back with Ivy and the Wildcats. “Very well done Kayla,” said Ivy, “we will soon find out what happens next.” Back at the office of Mr. Frazer the men of the remaining parents group stopped by for a visit. “Well, what brings you men around for a visit?” asked Mr. Frazer. “We were doing some thinking,” said one man, “it sure seems odd that these Black Wolves came around when they did. They seemed to know exactly what they were looking for too.” “Yes, I quite agree with you,” said Frazer, “it was rather odd. Sheila, my secretary, and I were talking about that this morning, weren’t we dear?”
“Yes, we just don’t understand it at all,” she said and she went back to the outer office. “Why don’t you open your safe for us Frazer,” said another man. “Why?” he asked, “There’s nothing left, they cleaned me out too, I already told you that.” “Then you won’t mind if we look,” said a third man. “Fine, but it sounds like you’re accusing me of some wrong doing here,” he said indignantly as he opened his safe for them, “look for yourself.” He then stepped back and one of them looked inside. “See, what did I tell you?” said Frazer. The man then pushed a button revealing the bottom safe.
“How come we never knew about that safe Frazer?” the man asked. “Well, that one is just for office papers, nothing else,” he said, “and they took everything from there too.” “Open it Frazer,” said the man. “But I told you it’s empty,” he said, “what is this anyway?” The other men took out their guns and Frazer was told again to open the safe. “Okay, okay, but I have to turn off the alarm first or the police will arrive,” he said. They let him do so and suddenly two men showed up from behind a wall panel and began shooting, killing the other men.
Frazer then quickly opened the safe and sure enough, all the gold, silver and drugs were in there. “I don’t understand it,” said Frazer, “but let’s take it and run while we have time. It will take us a few trips to get all this gold out of here.” But, as Frazer put the first gold bars on his desk he noticed the police standing there. “You won’t be going anywhere except to prison Mr. Frazer,” said the police captain. The wives of the men were arrested, along with Sheila and all of the children were taken into custody as well, except for Kayla, she was left in the custody of Ivy for now.
Out at the mountain mansion they found the graves of several children. After finding one grave we called the police to take over. Rossana had told the police about the murders of the first two girls but was able to keep things quiet until we could uncover the whole gang and what they were doing. She said we were working under her direction to expose this gang and put a stop to what they were doing. That kept us safe for a while. But this isn’t quite over yet…
To Be Continued. ©2026 Steve McLeod.
The Investigators, Inc. Mountain Cabin Murder Mystery. Chapter 9. Mr. Frazer.
I was relieved that we were able to get our girls out of that death trap easily, but they are still in that mansion. And, we still don’t know who has been doing these murders. Is it one of the girls we are protecting? Is it someone who is hiding out in one of these secret passages and rooms? Is it none of the above? Carine said she had heard voices while in the cellar, so I had Sky take her back to the mansion and perhaps she can hear something that might help us. Carine can hear through stone walls and through listening devices that others are using against us.
This is a new ability she has learned to use with Kat’s help and guidance. We need some help on this case to find out who these people are. And who is that woman’s voice we heard? It doesn’t match any of the women who are fake mothers to these girls and it doesn’t match any of the other women we know. Now it’s time to talk with the four people that know all of these fake parents. Unfortunately I didn’t get anywhere with these people either and they were actually quite indignant.
They thought it was terrible of us to delve into the lives of people we didn’t even know and one man even threatened to call the police and have our license revoked so we could no longer interfere in other people’s lives. Right then Cristy sent me some information which I told to that man, information that proved he and his company were involved in illegal practices such as extortion, blackmail and drugs. So I told him to call the police if he wanted and we will see which of us would end up in prison.
I said we were trying to save some young children from being trafficked in sex and if he thought that was wrong, then there is something terribly wrong with him. He signed off at that point, as did another couple. One couple and a single woman stayed on with us to talk some more. Both of them claimed they had no idea that their friends were involved in such things. The remaining couple soon signed off though due to having a business meeting they needed to attend, but both said they would call me back.
The remaining woman stayed for a while, she knew Marlene quite well and a couple of the other ladies we were investigating. She was shocked when she learned what they were doing, she even began to cry thinking of those children being raised by such people. She asked why we didn’t have them arrested. “We don’t have the kind of proof that we need to stop them,” I said, “but we soon will have everything we need.” After we were finished talking with her I called Cristy.
“Well Cristy,” I said, “did we catch any fish?” “Someone was listening in to the conversations,” she said, “right to the very end. That means that Lara’s life is in danger now.” “Yes, and so is Marlene’s life,” I said, “but we had to do this, some fish can only be caught with the right bait.” “Steve,” said Tracy, “that woman’s voice, I have been working on it and I believe it’s a young woman, very young, like maybe mid-teens. Perhaps it’s another illegal daughter, and, to go along with that, the man that was so worked up and wanted to call the police, they have a daughter that is 16. I checked her out and her birth certificate is fake as well.”
“Well done Tracy!” I exclaimed, “Now we are getting somewhere.” I then called Aari and asked if the Black Wolves were ready and he said yes, so I told him to get started and who to start with. Meanwhile, “Mr. Frazer,” said his secretary, “there’s a man here by the name of Aari Jensen. He doesn’t have an appointment but said he can help you with that Investigators group.” “Good, send him in,” he said. Aari went into the office, along with Clarence and Ivy. “This is my associate, Clarence, and my wife Ivy,” he said, “I hear you and some friends have been having a bit of trouble with the Investigators.”
“Word gets around quick,” said Mr. Frazer, “how did you find out?” “I make it my business to find out things Mr. Frazer,” said Aari. Just then the door burst open and in came Rock and some other Wolves, bringing the secretary with them. “What is going on here!?” demanded Frazer as he stood up behind his desk. “You are in no position to make demands Mr. Frazer,” said Aari, then he nodded to Rock who turned the desk around to face Aari. “Unlock the drawers Frazer,” said Aari. “No, there is nothing in there but personal items that don’t concern you,” he said firmly.
Aari then hit him twice and the man fell back onto his chair, his lips bleeding. “Now, don’t make me say it again,” said Aari. Frazer then took out a key and handed it to Aari. “Take the place apart,” said Aari. “Wait, what are you looking for?” asked a very nervous Frazer. “Your safe,” said Aari, “where is it?” “I, I don’t have one here,” he said, “I keep all valuables at the bank.” Aari and the other Black Wolves laughed, then Aari told them to get at it, which they did. They began to smash things and toss stuff around and when Frazer’s two bodyguards tried to intervene, they got tossed around too.
They found the safe hidden behind a picture. “Not very original Mr. Frazer,” said Aari, “now, open it.” “You leave Chuck, I mean, Mr. Fraser, alone you bully,” said the secretary as she stood between the two of them, “just wait until the police find out about this!” “And what will you tell them Mrs. Markham?” asked Aari, “Perhaps we could tell the police about Mr. Frazer’s dealings with sex trafficking of children, or thefts, or drug smuggling, or murder.” “You can’t prove any of that!” exclaimed Mr. Frazer. “I don’t have to,” said Aari, “just mentioning it to the police will get them checking you out very thoroughly.”
Aari then pointed to the safe and Frazer got up and opened it, then sat down again. “Clean it out,” said Aari, then he opened the desk drawers and removed anything important looking. Once they had the safe emptied, then Mac checked it and found a secret compartment which he had open quickly. There was a box inside full of gems and about 500,000 pounds. Plus, Mac found a button which he pressed and the wall below the safe slid open to reveal another safe which Mac opened. There was more cash in there, plus gold and silver.
“Well, well,” said Aari, “looks like your friends are going to be a bit angry that you lost all their money, or at least some of it anyway. Thank you for your donation.” Then the Black Wolves left and they went around to the other members of this exclusive “club”. Mr. Frazer was obviously the leader of this group, he had the most money and gems. Altogether they managed to walk away with 3 million pounds in cash, plus some gems, gold, silver and drugs. They also found a lot of evidence for the sex trafficking business but they left that behind for the police to find later…
To Be Continued. ©2026 Steve McLeod.
