For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
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.
Good morning everyone! It is cloudy again this morning, but mild, with a temperature of 27F (-3C). We are getting a nice mild start to winter this year, although that is expected to change sometime around Christmas. Well, today is the last day of November which means there is only one month left for this year. Quite amazing really.
So much has happened this year, so many changes. I am still not quite sure what that will mean for my blog. But hopefully I will have that figured out by the end of the year. Muffin had her playtime and has gone to see what all the noise is about in the hall. It is just a couple of people talking, but she likes to check whenever people are out in front of our door.

A couple deer walking through the snow.
It is actually quite a quiet place to live, although the street is much busier than I thought it would be. There is just a lot of traffic, big trucks for example, I never thought that so many big trucks would use this street. My plants are certainly doing well sitting in front of this big window. Mostly they are my summer geraniums that I brought inside for the winter.
One of them is actually blooming right now, a nice bright red. Oddly, one of my violets is dying, that does not happen often. Moving over here seemed to be hard on them and I have lost 3 so far and this will make it 4. Perhaps I should move them further away from the window, they do grow better with less sunlight. Not that we have been getting many sunny days this year, it has been a very cloudy year actually. Oh well.

One of my old deer friends from where I lived before, photo from last winter.
Maybe I will have to buy some more and start over. But the only store that sells them will not be getting any more until January. Right now it is mostly Christmas plants. I hope to start painting my table today. I was going to start yesterday, but as usual, things happen and suddenly the afternoon is gone. But I did get the paint out and have everything ready to go for today, including covering the floor to protect it from any paint spills.
I seldom spill paint, not even drops, but accidents do happen, so it is best to be prepared by covering anything that might be in the way. For this, that just means covering the floor, which is simple. I have to go out this morning, so the painting will be done this afternoon. And hopefully Muffin will not try walking around on the wet paint. She has done that before. Sigh.

Down at the river last winter.
But she usually naps in the afternoon, so that will make it safe. I should have been finished this a long time ago, but it seems there are always delays in one form or another. Oh well, minor details. Hmm, it is snowing right now. Must be time for more coffee. I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2023 Steve McLeod.