He Bought a Lake Cabin in March! At Closing, the Seller Casually Mentioned His Wife’s Cat Had Been There Since November…

behind her; she taught third grade and was probably between dismissal and after-school pickup.

“Did we get it?” she asked.

“Yes,” Daniel said. “But there’s a cat out there.”

“A cat where?”

“At the cabin. Grant left it. Since November.”

The background noise on Hannah’s end shifted, then quieted. He could picture her stepping into the empty reading room, continue reading …