After losing my job, I spent three days ignoring my mother’s calls.
Every voicemail asked when I would send money for my brother’s wedding. Not one asked whether I was okay.
I had spent years handing over most of my paychecks to my family. Now I had no job, almost no savings, and no one I could turn to.
That was how I ended up on the roof of my apartment building, ready to end my life.
But just as I stepped toward the edge, a tuxedo cat sprawled across my feet and exposed its soft white belly.
[A North Shore winter will freeze a cat to death. Human, hurry up and take Cat home!]
[Heat, a fireplace, all the tuna Cat can eat… Cat supposes those will do.]
I spent the last three hundred dollars in my account getting it vaccinated and dewormed.
Once inside, the kitten stared around my empty basement apartment. [Meow?]
“You can stay for a few days. I’ll find you a good home.”
That night, I rolled over in a daze and suddenly found myself pressed against a warm, soft belly.
[Fine. Since you’re too stingy even to turn on the heat, Cat will keep you warm instead.]
[After all, you’re the first human Cat has ever raised.]
The Cat Who Spent Nine Lives Saving Me Chapter 06 Not every stray cat was willing to come into the shop. Domino said, [Some cats were abandoned by humans. They don’t want to raise humans again.] I had no choice but to place insulated cat shelters and timed feeders at the warehouse, then arrange for […]
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The Cat Who Spent Nine Lives Saving Me Chapter 05 I signed the treatment authorization without listening to the rest of the voicemail. Sunny had belonged to Mrs. Eleanor Price. When people in the area began illegally trapping stray animals, she drove her old pickup out before dawn every day, brought cats and dogs home,
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The Cat Who Spent Nine Lives Saving Me Chapter 04 [Cat has a home and canned food and even raised a human. But Cat’s little brother isn’t going to last much longer.] “Do you know where he is? We can take him some food.” Domino’s eyes lit up at once. [Cat can eat a little
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The Cat Who Spent Nine Lives Saving Me Chapter 03 I told her to loosen the leash and follow the golden retriever. He sniffed his way to the apartment entrance. Out in the snow, a tall man was tacking a lost-dog flyer to the notice board. He had apparently shouted himself hoarse. “Ollie, if somebody
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The Cat Who Spent Nine Lives Saving Me Chapter 02 Embarrassed, I stroked his head. “I just got laid off. I don’t even know how I’m paying next month’s rent. Once I find you an adopter, you can live in a big house with a fireplace.” Domino licked his paw and cocked his head at
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The Cat Who Spent Nine Lives Saving Me Chapter 01 After losing my job, I spent three days ignoring my mother’s calls. Every voicemail asked when I would send money for my brother’s wedding. Not one asked whether I was okay. I had spent years handing over most of my paychecks to my family. Now
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