Ghost Cat - Thelma's Dilemma by Carol Colbert

Author:Carol Colbert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ghost, cozy, ghost cat, humrous, cozy cat mystery

Chapter 9

Thelma watched Snowball go into the basement and she followed right behind her. When she was sure that the ladies upstairs could not hear them, Thelma said “You are Ophelia, aren’t you?”

“Yes. My mother is Gertie and now she is dead.”

“What do you remember about your life with her and how you came to live with Mrs. Johnson?” Thelma asked.

“My mother was very special. She fell in love with the wrong man and let him ruin her life. He was not my father, my father was like me, like us. My mother was afraid that her lover, his name was John, she was afraid that John would leave her if he knew about her powers. You see, my mother was about sixty or so years older than John, but looked to be the same age. When he went off to war I was glad, but then we got stuck with his son, a kid named Donald.”

“You and Donald did not get along?”

“We barely knew each other. I had many powers and used them to trick him and hurt him. Mother and I were fighting a lot. I kept running away. I had always heard of a place where people like us belonged. Our last name is Enchanter and there is a village somewhere named Enchanted where my mother’s people are from. I kept wanting to go there. But mother said that it was not Don’s destiny to go there and that she would not leave Tennessee because she wanted to wait for John. She never believed that he would be gone forever.”

“When did you leave your mother’s house for good?” Thelma asked, feeling very sorry for this young kitten.

“Well, that was a fluke really. Adela had come to say goodbye. That is Mrs. Johnson’s first name. She is not really a Mrs. since she never married, but that is what people call her anyway. She came to tell Don that she was leaving the state for good, apparently hoping that he would beg her to stay or go with her.”

Snowball started to sniff loudly. “I admit that I turned myself into cat form – I am actually a very beautiful redheaded young lady. I jumped into her car because I wanted to tear up the seats or something. I hated her because she wasn’t able to convince Don to leave with her. I wanted to scare her or mess up her car – something – anything – that would send her back into the house running to Don to try again to get him to leave.”

“You wanted your mother all to yourself.” Thelma stated.

“Of course I did. I thought that if Don left with Adela, then mother would have no reminder of John and nothing to obligate herself to wait for him. I wanted her to take me to Enchanted. But she would never tell me where it was, not exactly.”

Ophelia was quite for a moment and then continued. “I was still in Adela’s car when she came back to it.

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