The Year the Cat Saved Christmas - a novella by Barbara Bretton

Author:Barbara Bretton
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: holiday, humor, cat, christmas, love story, novella, maine coon cat, nj

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"David." Jill's voice, sharp with curiosity, brought him back to the present.

"What's the matter with you? Jake Malloy is waving us over."

"I saw him," David said, lying through his teeth. "I was about to pull into his driveway when you said that."

She shot him a look but said nothing. The marriage might be over but she was still his wife.

Jake was standing near the mailbox. He was one of the neighborhood's nosier residents, the kind of guy who would poke around in your garbage, given half the chance.

David whirred down the driver's side window.

"So what's up?" he asked.

"I hear you're looking for Samson," Jake said.

"Sebastian," David corrected him.

"The fat cat, right?"

"That's the one. You seen him?"

Jake nodded, eyeing Jill with open curiosity. David could see the wheels of gossip turning.

"By the Zimmermans' house," Jake said, still eyeing Jill. "He was standing in the foot of the driveway, eating something."

"Sounds like Sebastian to me. Thanks for letting us know."

Jake poked his head into the car. "I thought that was you, Jill."

She peered around David and smiled. "Good to see you, Jake. Merry Christmas."

"Yeah, Merry Christmas" said Jake in his usual gracious manner. "So what's the story?"

Jill's smile flickered. "Excuse me?"

"The story," Jake repeated, eyeing David in the same curious way. "Looks to me like the divorce is off."

"Can we get going?" David asked. "If we're going to nab Sebastian, we'd better move before he takes off again."

Jake looked from Jill to David. "Been a long time since I saw the two of you together."

David couldn't bite back his anger. "Take a good look, Malloy, because it's going to be your last."

He gunned the engine and pulled out of the driveway.

"That was a rotten thing to say, David." Jill shot him a withering glance.

"He had it coming."

"He made an observation."

"A stupid observation."

"You didn't have to bite his head off."

"He's lucky I didn't push him into a snow bank."

"What is your problem?" she demanded. "He was only trying to help us find Sebastian. Assuming you even give a damn."

He started to tell her that he had been thinking about Sebastian, about the little kitten with the big attitude that had helped them take their first step toward being a family, but then he thought better of it. After tomorrow they wouldn't be a family any more.

It would all be ancient history.

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