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Aug-10-2009 07:47

Have you ever considered that you would chase a suspect 80 days,all around the world? That would be amazing,right? Well,it happened to me and some friends of mine. It all started back,80 days ago of this day....

I was just relaxing in my chair,when Joseph Zeo came walking in. "How ya doing Vulkie" and Joseph shaked my hand. "I'm doing fine Joseph. I've got some great Cuban cigars from Camille,out of Costa Rica. Have one" I replied.

As Joseph was looking for a big cigar,the phone began to rang. "Detective Vulkie,private eye,how may I help you" as I said in the phone,while looking at Joseph.

As I heard more and more information,Joseph saw my face turning into despair and trouble. Then,I hung up the phone and told Joseph what I heard.

"We need to catch a guy. The only trouble is,he's disappeared and his wife says that he likes to travel around the world. He left a note for her,saying the first city he was going to visit was London. His wife can't life so long without him,since she is terminally ill. She has 80 days left..." I said to Joseph and his face also began to turn.

"Nah,I don't know. Travelling is not what I like. Unless,I get a great sum of money and personal expences are covered."

As I told Joseph the amount we could get,his face began to turn happy and he immediately packed his suitcases. But first things first. We needed to check the apartment of the man. His name was Gregory Louson and his wife Laura,was desperate to find him. She heard that I solved many cases (already a 1000 cases) and that I could probably find him.

So,Joseph and I went to the apartment...

Aug-14-2009 21:02

As we went back to the hotel,the manager came towards us and said : "Zhere is a telegram for you,from a certain ladie". As he guided us to the reception desk,he was also holding his nose tight and secure. "Don't mind,we've taken a "scenic" route" I said and accepted the message. "We'll fresh up and we'll won't bother you today" Joseph said and so we went up. Riza and I shared a room and Joseph had his own room.

Riza and I played rock,paper,scissors to decide which person would go first in the shower and fresh up and Riza won two of three times. As she went in the shower,I opened up the message. Of course,it was coded and I decoded it in few minutes.

"New info about person you seek. Gone to Belgium,plans to steal something there for his wife. Will meet you in Amsterdam about 2 days from now. Anais". I tore the message,lit a small fire on one piece and threw it with the other pieces in the ashtray,watching it "burn" away.

Just then,Riza came out of the shower and I went in and thought about some old cases. Ah,the good old times with Joseph and Anais. Yeah... Just when I was done,a small knock on the door and Riza peeked through the peephole and saw Joseph was in front of the door,all freshed up with some new clothes and his hair combed.

Riza let Joseph in and I was already dressed up with a new dress and told Joseph and Riza what Anais's telegram was.

"Then we must go to Belgium immediately. We'll have him in no time!" Joseph said.

I wished that was true people. As you may all know now,it took us 80 days to get this guy and till now,only 9 days have passed yet. What a hell,those other 71 days were.

And so,the three of us departed towards Belgium by train. It took us one day to arrive at Belgium and when we were at Antwerp,we stepped out of the train...

Aug-15-2009 00:05

Day 10 - Belgium

I was glad Anais didn't go to Paris with us, not that we had any time for a romantic stroll down Champ Elysee or anything like that. I had no idea why Riza was willing to come with us, since Mrs. Louson paid for the travel expense and detective fee for Vulkie and myself only. Riza took it out of her own pocket, and i could smell hidden agenda all over her wallet.

The three of us walked to the hotel with all our luggage in tow. Me being the only gentlemen around of course helped with carrying most of it, not without a quiet grunt here or there... That's when i smelled chocolate in the air. I followed my nose and it took me to a store window where a chocolatier dripped some red ripe cherry into a creamy bowl of melted chocolate sauce. "Joseph, let's go! The sun is setting and we need to get to the hotel quickly."

I saw a cabby (drawn by horse, which is still fashionable there) and hailed it down. I piled the luggage onto the chariot, paid the driver and asked him to take the luggage and the ladies to the hotel.

"What are you up to Joseph?" Vulkie asked. I didn't reply her, and whipped the horse to giddy along.

"I'll be back by dinner." I yelled as the cabby went down the street. I then turned my attention to the chocolate shop, purchased a box of Anais' favourite, and sent the package to Amsterdam along with a note at the post office. I just hope she'll receive it soon.

I then walked into the most famous watch maker's shop and looked at all his handiwork.
"I think you're too late, Mr. Zeo." I turned around to see an old watchmaker with snow white beard wearing odd optical pieces.
"How did you know my name..." I looked at the old man curiously.
"Mr. Louson told me you and Ms. Vulkie are after him. For reason you two don't even know." The clock maker said with a tinge of accent.
"And you do?"
"I'm only the messenger. I don't know anything." The old man smiled and held out a seal envelop toward me. Hesitantly I took the envelop and opened it.

Aug-15-2009 00:14


you think you are playinG a game Of cat and mouse?
think again! you old mice! stop before it is too late, for tHe bOth of you.
i do not have as Much patiEnce as my scheming wife, but she will never win.

Kiss you lIfe goodbye if you continue to foLLow mE.
Remember the Bad timEs you Had IN paris, Dummies,
It will be a hundred folds worse if YOU keep on doing what you're doing.

Aug-15-2009 00:15

I reread the note twice and quickly headed for the hotel.
The girls may be in danger!

Aug-17-2009 18:30

At the hotel,Riza and I took a nice lunch. I had a small veal steak and Riza had a big salad.

"So Riza,what's up with you. You seem a bit of a quiet type. I know when I was one. It all started with..." I said to Riza and told her of my cases.

"Wow,so your brother got murdered and your cousin. That must be tough for you. You must be a very strong type to have such control" Riza said and I smiled.

"Well,it's just to have a good mind and will. It's all about control. I can teach you maybe sometime to control your emotions" I said and Riza smiled back.

After we finished lunch,we went back to the room. We packed our stuff,because we only hired the room for this day. "I wonder where Joseph is" I said and Riza nodded to agree with it. Joseph had been a long time away.

And it was almost 4 o'clock,when someone knocked on the door. "Special delivery" the guy said.

I peered through the peekhole and saw a man with a big bush of roses in the hallway,covering his face. "Just a second,I'll get my dress on" and I walked away from the door,and I "got" my dress on. Suddenly,a shot was fired and the door busted open.

When I saw the guy's face,I scared and Riza also. It was the man we were looking for...

"Mr. Louson. So we finally meet" I said and he pointed his gun to the bed and Riza and I sat on the bed,while he shut the door.

"You've been a little bit of trouble the three of you. That noisy man and you 2 sniffling around,going everywhere I'm going. I guess "She" sent you after me,to "persuade" me to go back. Well,I ain't going back" Mr. Louson said.

It was strange,I thought. 2 things were strange. He called his wife "She" and the word "persuade". Nevertheless,he still held us under gunpoint.

"Say your prayers" Mr. Louson said,while Riza already was closing her eyes and I was also closing my eyes.

Just then,Joseph came rushing in the room and fired a shot...

Aug-17-2009 18:36

"Right on time" Joseph said and he smiled towards us. "Drop the gun Louson" Joseph said and he did so. "Now,why are you stealing those things?" Joseph asked. "For fun" Louson replied. "For fun huh?" Joseph said. We all knew that he was lying here against us.

"Well,I'll take you in custody and we'll go nicely back to new york,to your wife" Joseph said and he took his cuffs out.

Just as Joseph was going to take him in,Louson rushed at him and tried to grab the gun of Joseph. His own gun was in my hands. A struggle was going on and three shots were fired in the roof and a thump was heard.

"My god,a dead person upstairs!" Riza screamed and Joseph was suddenly freezed. Louson gave Joseph a punch and made his way out. "I got the diamand. See you in Amsterdam I presume!" Louson yelled and he ran.

"Joseph,are you alright?" I asked and helped Joseph up.

"I... I... I shot someone,that wasn't supposed to happen" Joseph stumbled and Riza ran upstairs to check and came back in 5 minutes. "It was a suitcase. The owners of the suitcase are alright" Riza said and Joseph needed to sit and have a drink.

Luckily,I always have a spare bottle with me and gave Joseph a drink. "Well,to Amsterdam it is" I said and Joseph drank his whiskey.

And so,the three of us departed to Amsterdam,to meet Anais and "catch" Louson.

Have you ever considered that you would shoot an innocent person? No,I presume. But do you know how it feels,to "accidentely" shoot someone down? It's horrible. Your heart rushes,you feel guilty and your mind isn't clear for a few days.

But that besides us,we went to Amsterdam. It took us one day,so that made day 11...

Aug-18-2009 12:28

Day 11- Amsterdam

I jumped off the boat and landed on solid ground. “Ah, finally,” I said. Vulkie and Joseph were right behind me, struggling with their luggage. I didn’t bother to help. I was on my guard because I had this strange feeling that we were being watched. I reached into my jacket and ran my hand along the gun. No way would I be caught without one again. And this time I wouldn’t hesitate to shoot Louson dead on his feet, no matter what their mission was. I had my own business to take care of.

Us three headed along slowly to find a hotel, keeping to the side streets. Vulkie and Joseph walked ahead, I lagged behind as usual. Vulkie kept shooting me looks when she thought I wasn’t looking, and I could see plain on her face she didn’t trust me as much as the others did, no matter how hard she tried to hide it. I discreetly picked a small piece of paper on the ground, and hid it. I hoped no one saw me.

Aug-18-2009 12:29

Before I had even registered what was happening, someone came rushing at me, knocking me over. I quickly pulled out the gun and was just about to shoot when I saw that it was Anais. “What the heck is wrong with you? I almost blew your brains out!” I said, as I got up and dusted myself off. “Sorry,” she replied nonchalantly, as if almost being shot dead was something normal for her. I glared at her while stuffing the gun back in my pocket. Anais started explaining herself in whispers to a very red-faced Vulkie as we rushed into the nearest hotel. Joseph checked us in and carried all of the luggage up the our rooms, grumbling about being treated like a mule.

As soon as we got to Joseph’s room, Vulkie kicked the door shut. I went and shut the single window and drew the shades, plunging us into near darkness. Vulkie started grumpily scolding Anais for coming out into the open like that and drawing so much attention to herself. “Yeah, yeah,” Anais said, clearly not listening at all. “But listen, you guys, I’ve found out something. Something important!” she said excitedly, jumping up and down like a four-year-old. So Joseph, Vulkie, and I exchanged a look and settled down to listen…

Aug-29-2009 02:09

Anais spoke with the speed of a running engine, "This morning before I came to the dock for you all i picked up the local newspaper and with the limited dutch i have i read the announcement of the biggest diamond show ever and guess where this being held?"

"Right here in this city." Riza stated nonchalantly.

"Yes yes yes! Yes yes yes!" Anais exclaimed with over excitement.

"Anais, calm down!" Zeo said quietly. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing nothing! Maybe it's the chocolate i don't know is there something wrong with me?" Anais said in one single breath.

"So you've received it." Zeo smiled at himself. He remembered that Anais loved cherries dipped in chocolate.

"And the article mentioned the client's name... Your client!" Anais said to Vulkie and Zeo.

"What? What about Laura Louson?" Vulkie asked nervously.

"I'm not sure. My dutch isn't that swell..."

"Let me read it, the newspaper you had from the morning. Show it to me." Vulkie said.

Aug-30-2009 05:33

As I was born and raised in The Netherlands,I could read and understand dutch as the best of the four of us.

As I read the article at the same time,I translated it for the gang :

"Local Diamond show featured in Amsterdam."

"As we may all know,diamonds are a girls best friend. Beautiful shapen,glittering and shiny. There is news,that a certain Mrs. Louson has donated 20 diamonds,all in the price catagory of 500.000 guldens (estimated at a price in dollars of 1.000.000 each)
She insisted,that the security was tight,because her husband,Gregory Louson,is on the loose and she fears that the diamonds will be stolen."

"So,Louson is here in town... Interesting" I said. "I thought he wouldn't show up in Amsterdam,but it seems he was right about his statement there..." I said.

"We must stop him,at all costs" Anais said,while she picked a chocolate flavoured cherry and sucked on it.

"We must make a plan,because the show will be tomorrow" I said and Joseph began to think.

"Well,we can "invite" ourselves to the party. Did it say if you need an invitation?" Joseph asked.

"Let me see.... No... That's in our luck then. You can visit it all times. First show is at 9.30 pm tomorrow" I said and Joseph nodded.

"That will be his move. He will take the first show for an oppertunity. I just know it." Joseph said and so,a day went by....

*****Day 12,9.25 pm*****

As I pulled the car up the curve of the "Rijksmuseum",where the show was taken place,I thought of how we were going to stop him.

"Guys" I said, "under no circumstances,don't pull a gun. Suggestions may be,that the royal family will be here..." I said and everyone nodded,just as the valet came by,asking for the keys. I gave the valet the keys,and so we went in.

I was dressed in a nice yellow dress,Anais in a blue dress,Riza in a bit "white/grey" dress and Joseph in a nice tuxedo suit...