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There’s No Place Like Nome! – Page 11

Noah put down his phone and looked at Connie, “Yep, it’s the same Steve.”

“Any clue where he is?” Kirk asked.

“No. He said, or was supposed to go to Tokyo, but with what the girl’s said, and the fact that Japanese sea-weed tastes awful to me, he’s probably not there.”

“So what do we do? Do we stay here and try to find Laura, or do we try to find Steve?”

“Seeing as I have no clue where Laura could be, she could still be here– if she was in the first place.”

“Don’t you think it’s odd,” Kirk’s wife interjected, “That you didn’t get that last report from the airport until later that night?”

“How so?” Noah questioned.

“Well, why didn’t you see Laura’s report until the morning after you got the rest of the reports? Any why was Laura’s name the only passenger on the sheet?”

“Well, I doubt that it was Coreen–”

“No, not here. How about someone a little higher up?”

“Good idea. Maybe I’ll go down to the airport tomorrow–”

“No. I think that anyone in the office would know who you were. Kirk and I will go.” Kirk’s wife assured him.

“So what do I do?”

“Good question.” Kirk replied.

“Hey what about us?” Jocelyn asked.

“Yeah, we want to help too.” Connie added.

“Hmm.” Noah looked at the four blondes with a grin. “If I were Steve and running a big brainwashing organization, and someone got too close, I would want to cover it up ASAP.”

“Meaning?” Kirk inquired.

“Meaning that he’s probably either gone back to the island to get rid of all of the traces of himself, or he’s helping to close the B&Os.”

“So why don’t you pay his little island another visit?” Kirk’s wife asked.

“Just what I was thinking. Ladies, would you mind going back to the island with me?” Noah asked the girls.

“Well, I guess. If it will capture whoever’s behind all of this,” Jocelyn said.

“It’s just that… Well… That place scares us.” Sara stated

“Yeah…” Jessica added.

“Don’t worry, we’ll all stick together. There’s no way we can be hurt,” he started. Their facial expressions of fear did not change. “How’s this: We’ll take along my cousin’s cousin, David. He can stay in the chopper and signal for the police, or come get us out.” They cheered up.

“Okay.” Connie affirmed.

“Now the only thing we have left to do is to get out of Alaska without letting anyone know it.”

“Easier said than done. Without air travel, you’d either have to go out by boat, or travel through Canada. Seeing as you girls have nothing with you, that could be rather difficult–” Kirk started.

“Wait a second! Doesn’t that guy at the docks own an airplane?” Kirk’s wife asked.