Nephilim Quest 1 Shadowhunter / 2. Kitty Is Gone
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(No, I cannot say this dog could ever be called ugly, as Muffin is described, but the size is about right, as is the fur. Imagine a big underbite, and perhaps this little doggy could resemble Muffin a bit.)
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Nephilim Quest 1 Shadowhunter / 2. Kitty Is Gone
I was sitting on the lounger on the patio, with my hands resting on the warm back of Nugget, my cat, when the phone rang. I heard Mom answer it in the kitchen. Nugget carried on purring contentedly on my lap, and I continued to stare at the garden with unseeing eyes.
"Dana!" Mom was calling me in her perky phone-voice.
The heavy lump in my chest was pulling me down so badly that I did not want to move, let alone speak.
"Dana!" the voice was more demanding, "Dana, it's Kitty's mum. She wants to talk to you."
I forced myself to answer, even though it physically hurt to speak.
"I can't," was all I could say.
"Dana..."
"I'm sorry, Mom. I just... can't." As I spoke, I realised I'd called her "Mom" rather than "Mum". I remembered how hard I'd tried to break the habit; tired of the sniggering that broke out in the classroom each time I'd said it. Now, it no longer seemed to matter.
I heard a sound that told me Mom had put her hand over the phone - her rings clanked against it. Her voice came a bit closer to the patio doors.
"I know this is hard for you, but Kitty's mother is worried about Muffin."
"Muffin?" Despite myself, I became a bit curious. Muffin was Kitty's ugly little mutt who loved Kitty with all his heart.
"He misses Kitty so badly. And she wonders if you'd take him for a walk? So sorry to keep you, Rose," Mom clearly took her hand off the receiver, "Dana is just in the middle of something. She'll come to the phone soon. But do tell me how are you getting along now? Is there anything you need, anything at all? You do know you only have to ask?"
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