“…don’t worry, Kaylee. I’d go to dinner any of these nights, you can be sure of that. Just give me ten cents when you feel like it, and I’ll be there.” I promised them, laughing. “Luke can stop suspecting my good disposition for this kind of thing.”
We said goodbye then with an agreement for the following Thursday, and I went to take care of the kittens. They were well fed, so they didn’t want to touch the milk, but they understood it was time to go to bed because they very quickly found their place on the living room sofa, where I left them. They curled up into little balls against each other—they were two female kittens—and didn’t move again until I went to sleep as well. Just with those two little animals there, the house already felt different.
And the surprises kept coming, one afte
