Chapter 35

Curtis couldn’t stand another minute in the room. With a huff, he announced, “I’m crashing into the guest room.”

Leanne called Laura for help. When Laura arrived and saw the kittens, she gasped, “Holy cow, how did they get in here with the door shut tight?”

Together, they herded the kittens back downstairs, only then noticing a window that had been cracked open at some point.

“The mother cat must’ve figured out how to open the window and snuck in from the garden. She’s so clever.”

The mother cat inside was scratching at the door, its howls eerie and forlorn.

As soon as Leanne opened the door, the cat’s cries turned into purring sweetness.

Leanne couldn’t help but soften as the cat nuzzled against her hand, looking for affection. She sighed and said, “Planning some murders on Curtis without even giving me a heads-up, huh?”

Laura’s eyes nearly popped out of her skull in shock, thinking she might have heard

wrong.

“Maybe we should just find them new homes. Mr. Curtis is allergic. It’s no small matter. Cat hair gets everywhere, and no amount of cleaning can keep up with it.”

Some colleagues at the hospital had reserved a kitten, and Joy was blasting social media daily to find them adopters, but three were still unclaimed.

The kittens weren’t even a month old, too young to be given away. The mother cat was no spring chicken, which only made finding her home even harder. There was no quick fix for their situation.

Leanne was worried.

some childproof locks for the windows,” she mumbled, stroking the cat’s docile head, her chin

for too long.”

Curtis were on the brink of divorce. If she hadn’t found homes for the

misunderstood. “Have you already found someone to

bedroom and

water and took an antihistamine to the guest room,

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12:15

“Come in.”

to find Curtis stripping

was undone to the last button, revealing a

had sneaked a peek at his abs during

you’ve got your eye on my body, but can you keep

of virtue, but by night he’d be guiding

tray on the dresser near the door,

medicine.” said Leanne.

his shirt slid off, revealing his muscular upper body. It was

even glance at her as he replied, “I’ll take

the pill and

Curtis gave

her palm, washed it down with a

Leanne replied

a

single dose could

you want to get

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