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.

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