Don't Let Me Go
“Billy announced.
It didn’t sound noticeably different from Billy’s daily comments to himself. But, in this instance, he was talking to Mr. Lafferty the Cat, who looked directly into Billy’s eyes when he spoke, unnerving him.
Mr. Lafferty the Cat was curled on Billy’s couch, settled, but not asleep. Staring at Billy. For just a moment, Billy dared to stare back. He had interesting markings, that cat, with a line of color change right down the middle of his face. Like a mime, Billy decide...d. Like a showman in makeup.
Maybe we have something in common after all, Billy thought, but he did not say any of that out loud, for fear the cat would hear it as some type of invitation.
Billy had already tried to sit down once, in his big stuffed chair, because the couch was alarmingly…taken. But Mr. Lafferty the Cat had been inexplicably drawn to that move, and he had frightened Billy by jumping on to the arm of the chair and then trying to sit on his lap.MoreLess
It didn’t sound noticeably different from Billy’s daily comments to himself. But, in this instance, he was talking to Mr. Lafferty the Cat, who looked directly into Billy’s eyes when he spoke, unnerving him.
Mr. Lafferty the Cat was curled on Billy’s couch, settled, but not asleep. Staring at Billy. For just a moment, Billy dared to stare back. He had interesting markings, that cat, with a line of color change right down the middle of his face. Like a mime, Billy decide...d. Like a showman in makeup.
Maybe we have something in common after all, Billy thought, but he did not say any of that out loud, for fear the cat would hear it as some type of invitation.
Billy had already tried to sit down once, in his big stuffed chair, because the couch was alarmingly…taken. But Mr. Lafferty the Cat had been inexplicably drawn to that move, and he had frightened Billy by jumping on to the arm of the chair and then trying to sit on his lap.MoreLess
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