The Catnap Before Christmas by Kathi Daley

Author:Kathi Daley [Daley, Kathi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kathi Daley Books
Published: 2019-10-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“So what do you make of this?” I showed Cody the drawing Wiley had done as soon as I arrived at my cabin to pick up the things for Jingles.

“It looks like a mausoleum,” he answered. “A building where bodies are buried in drawers built into the wall.”

“That was my thought as well, but then I wondered if it might be a wall of safety deposit boxes. Finn and I did find a small key among the possessions Tom had in the pocket of the pants he left in his dirty clothes hamper.”

“Did Finn ever figure out what the key went to?”

“Not as far as I know,” I answered. “I intended to stop by to chat with him, but Tara and I spent the afternoon setting up the cat lounge as a Santa’s workshop.”

“Won’t that be a problem with the cats?” Cody wondered.

“We have no cats for the lounge right now. The ones I had were all adopted, at least the ones we felt were eligible for adoption. I did pick up the new cats this past weekend, but I’m going to wait to take them to the lounge until after the holiday, so the room isn’t being used. In the past, we’ve just set up a chair for Alex in the bookstore, but he is such a popular Santa, there is always a line to see him, so we figured there would be more space if we used the cat lounge. You should see the place. Tara got a lot of new decorations. It looks adorable.”

“I’ll stop by tomorrow. Maybe I’ll bring Sammy.”

I glanced at the infant, who was watching us from his bouncy chair. “We did talk about getting a photo of him with Santa for his parents. I guess that would be as good a time as any.” I began gathering the supplies. “I’m going to run this stuff over to Jane, but then I’ll be right back. Do you want me to pick up some food?”

“I guess that might be a good idea. I never did make it to the market.”

“How about Mexican?”

“Sounds good.”

“Maybe I’ll call Siobhan to see if they want to join us if they haven’t eaten yet. She was busy with two babies today, so she might be happy not to have to cook.”

As it turned out, Siobhan was thrilled with the idea of not having to cook, so I explained that I had to drop off the cat stuff and pick up the food and then Cody and Sammy and I would be over.

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