Purrfect Mess by Nic Saint

Author:Nic Saint [Saint, Nic]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Puss in Books
Published: 2021-12-09T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

Some kind of big to-do or hubbub was in progress when Dooley and I arrived at the house. On the way home we’d discussed the matter further and decided that if Charlene turned out to be a sausage-eating cat hater, we needed a plan B, and had landed on Gran’s friend Scarlett as the next best option. Scarlett doesn’t own pets, I know for a fact that she doesn’t hate us, and she’s very nice. And it’s always better to pick a person you know than some unknown on Facebook.

So all in all we were feeling in an uplifted state of mind when we turned a corner and entered Harrington Street. We’d tell Odelia we were leaving tonight, and then first seek out Charlene, stay the night as a trial run, and then if things didn’t work out, move in with Scarlett tomorrow. In other words, a foolproof plan.

Only when we had almost reached the house, we met with an unusual sight: Odelia was walking two dogs: Little John and Little Janine. Our human—or soon-to-be ex-human—looked dead on her feet, and I immediately felt sorry for her. And when we approached, she barely managed to give us a smile in greeting.

“Take us further afield, will you, Odelia?” said Little John. “I don’t like these trees.”

“Yes, take us to the dog park,” Little Janine chimed in. “I’ve heard good things about the dog park. Not that I expect it to be up to our usual standards, but at least it’s something.”

“And better than these utterly useless trees and these tired old lampposts,” her friend added.

“You don’t like our trees?” I asked. “Or our lampposts?”

“No, we don’t,” said Little Janine with a tilt of the head.

“They smell funny,” said Little John, making a face.

“I can tell that the dogs that use this street have absolutely no breeding.”

“No breeding at all. Street mutts, one and all.”

“In other words, common folk. Probably inbred, too.”

The two dogs shared a smirk, then tugged at their respective leashes.

“To the dog park, please!” said Little John. “And be quick about it!”

“Yes, we haven’t got all day!” Little Janine added.

“What do they want?” asked Odelia, not bothering to stifle a yawn.

“They want to go to the dog park,” I said.

“They don’t like our street,” said Dooley.

“Too dirty and too common and populated with inbred mutts.”

“Oh,” said Odelia, then sighed. “Fine. I guess we’re going to the dog park.”

And since we needed to have a chat with her anyway, we decided to tag along.

“Is it true that your human was fired from his job?” asked Dooley, addressing Little Janine. “Only, a friend of ours told us about it, and now we were wondering if he’s going to stay here or go back to England and look for another job?”

“Fired? Puh-lease,” said Little Janine. “People like Big John don’t get fired—they’re the ones doing the firing.”

“So you better watch out, little one,” said Little John. “Or he’ll fire you!”

They had a good laugh about that, even though I didn’t think it was all that funny.

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