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For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Miles and John searched Dolph for weapons and he had a small gun, plus two knives which they took from him. “Now Dolph,” said Aari, “where can we find your brother Cenn?” “I do not know,” he grumbled, “and I do not care about that garbage.” Miles, who was sitting on one side of Dolph, punched him hard in the stomach. “You answer Mr. Holmstrom nice like,” said Miles.
John was on the other side of Dolph, Rock was sitting next to Aari right across from Dolph. “You will need to learn some manners Dolph,” said John, “or this will be a very long night for you.” He then told them where to look for Cenn. They went over there and parked. It was a more likely place to find someone like Cenn. Aasta and Sapphire stayed in the car to watch Dolph while the others went inside looking for Cenn.
It was not hard to find him sitting at a table with 4 other men. They went over to the table and stood watching for a bit. Then a man came over with two others. “Is there a problem?” he asked Aari. “I am taking Cenn off your hands for a while,” he said, and then he told Cenn to stand up and come with them. The man grabbed Aari by the arm.
“I think you and your friends better leave, now.” he said. “When I am ready,” said Aari. Right then Rock picked up the two guards, banged their heads together and tossed them aside. The other brought out guns and watched the room carefully. “Now,” said Aari to Cenn, “I do not like to wait and you would not like it either.” So Cenn got up and went with them.
They also took the ‘manager’ along out to the car, then told him to get back inside so he did not get hurt. He left in a hurry and made a phone call. “I do not know who they are Sir,” he said, “but the head guy is a Mr. Holmstrom.” “Get back to work,” said Sir, “I will deal with them.” He then hung up and slammed his fist on the desk. “Find out who this Mr. Holmstrom is,” he shouted, and Alexander, get over and take Dolph’s place, permanently.
And if he comes back, deal with him, permanently, but do not tell me how you did it.” “Right, Sir,” he said and off he went. Meanwhile, back to us at home. Kat had brought picture in with her and then left again. Meow.=That human Kat, she is ghost, no one can kill her, lots tried but not work. “She is a ghost?” asked Charly, “but I do not believe in ghosts.”
Meow?=She is ghost for sure, why else guns not work when pointed at her? “I, I still do not believe in ghosts,” she said rather hesitatingly. Meow.=You not believe in talking cats too, but you here talking with me. Please talk with human Kat ghost. She say same thing, we protect you, and parents too, you see. He kept purring and curled up on her lap. That is when Kat came in again.
“Now Charly, this Angelica must have something over you to make you work for her,” said Kat, “am I right?” “Yes,” answered Charly with her head down, “but…I cannot tell you more.” “I could ask Rusty,” she said, “as a member of our team, he has to answer questions too.” Meow.=Yep, that true, or I get kick off from team and go to live in alleys. Not like to be alley cat. Charly looked down at Rusty.
“I would not like you to be an alley cat either Rusty,” she said sighing, “okay, Rusty said you would help me. Angelica said she would kill my parents if I did not obey her. I love my parents, I really do, and I do not want to hurt them, or let Angelica hurt them.” “This is going to be hard for you,” said Kat softly, “but I need you to look at these pictures and see if you know these people.”
She then showed the pics of a man and woman to Charly. That was too much for Charly and she broke down sobbing and crying so loudly she could be heard down the hall. “Th, those are my…parents,” she finally said, “I know those are morgue photos, that means they are dead.” She looked up at Kat. “Do you know when they died?” she asked.
“Fourteen months ago,” said Kat, “they were both found at home and both were shot in the head.” “All this time,” said Charly, “all this time. I could only communicate by email and dad always answered, but it was not him at all. Please help me Kat, please help me. I want out from under Angelica, I really do!” Then she continued crying.
Meow.=Me want to hurt Angelica person, permamently like. “Now Rusty, careful what you say,” said Kat, “but I feel the same way.” Then she turned to Charly, “If you honestly want help, then we are very willing to help you. We will keep you here with us for now, and if you want to join us, we might be able to do that too.”
“Angelica will find me and kill me,” said Charly sighing, “I, I…” “Forget about Angelica,” said Kat, “we will deal with her. Now, who works for her besides Gibson?” “He is the only outsider working for her right now,” she said, “all others are women, she hates men terribly. I am not sure why she hates your Steve though, but she talks like she knows him.”
To Be Continued.
©2023 Steve McLeod.
Kat stayed away for a while to see what Rusty might be able to get out of Charly. Meow?=You seem like nice human person, why you mixed up with bad people? “There are probably bugs in here Rusty,” she said nervously, “so I cannot tell you.” Meow.=There no bugs, if there was, I would eat them, bugs very tasty. Charly made are weird face when he said that.
“No, I meant listening type bugs,” she said, “I cannot let anyone know why, otherwise Angelica would kill…” Then she caught herself and stopped. Meow.=Maybe you whisper to me, then no one can hear. She was crying now, thinking about what she almost said. She looked at Rusty who started purring for her. Then she whispered to him.
Meow!=That very not nice! But we can protect parents too, like we can protect you too. We want to help you, we can get you away from mean Angelica person and keep you here, bring parents too. “If only it was that easy Rusty,” she said, wiping tears from her face, “I really do want out, but Angelica can get at anyone, anywhere.”
Meow.=No, we stop her permamently. Charly smiled. Kat came in just then with a couple of pictures and put them on the desk. Meanwhile, Gisbon made a phone call. “Hey, I need to speak with Angelica, this is important,” he told someone on the other end. “Why are you calling me?” asked Angelica, “you are not supposed to call me.”
“I need to know something,” he said, “do you have someone else working on this PI and his group besides me?” “No, of course not,” she said, “why do you ask?” “Because someone else is out here too and just shot one of those PIs,” he said, “I do not like when someone else is on the same job as me.” “Whoever it is does not work for me,” she said firmly, “and I do not like this either. Do you have some idea who it is?”
“No, but I will check with my sources and see if I can find out who it might be,” he said, “then I will get rid of him. He could be a big problem if he stays around. But I will get the girls first. I know they keep people in a small building on their property at night, so they have to bring them outside. When they do, that will be the end of them.” “Good,” she said, “I will check as well, we definitely do not want anyone else around here.” She then hung up.
Meanwhile, in Sweden, Astrid was calling Aari. “We need to find my young brother,” she said, “and try to get some answers from him.” “He will not have the answers we want Astrid,” said Aari, “we want your older brother, and I know where to find him. We will pick up both tonight if we can.” “Good,” replied Astrid, “mom is worried sick about all of this.
She has to be out of the house at the end of the month since dad had to sign it over to those brutes that call themselves men!” She was quite angry right now just thinking about all this, but she tried to remain calm when around her mother. Aari already had Aasta with them and Kristina sent Sapphire over to join them too, along with Storm.
I had also sent Rock over to join them after thinking they might need some extra muscle over there. That night they went to this one nightclub that also had some gambling with it. It was a very classy place, obviously catering to the wealthier people. Aasta and Sapphire went in first, dressed as very wealthy young women.
Unfortunately, both of them look much younger than they are, more like mid teens, although they can make themselves look older. But this time they deliberately stayed looking young, which brought Astrid’s older brother out to check on their ID. While doing so Aari came in with his team of Rock, John, Miles and Clarence, with Storm riding on his shoulders.
The man at the door stopped Aari and said no animals allowed. The man made the mistake of grabbing Aari’s arm as he tried to walk past. Rock grabbed him and picked him up and said, “Keep your hands off Mr. Holmstrom.” The man let go and Rock dropped him. Aari and his team wore black, with dark glasses.
Astrid’s brother knew trouble when he saw it and turned to leave, but Aasta stuck out her leg and tripped him and he fell flat on his face. He turned in anger but saw guns pointing at him. “Now you come with us,” said Aari, “and tonight, Dolph, your nightmare begins.”
Rock and the others began to disrupt everyone’s evening by destroying everything in sight. None of the workers tried to stop them either. Then they all left with Astrid’s brother…
To Be Continued.
©2023 Steve McLeod.
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