Sunday night Miette decided to give us a nice scare but first let’s set the Wayback Machine to Halloween to explain why the Tension-o-Meter jumped to 11.
I came home from the Blue Marble to see Somara in the neighbors’ front yard throwing objects into their bushes. Before I was completely out of my car, she gives me this, “get over here and help me!” Kuroneko bum rushed the door on Somara and decided to go exploring the area. Smart move for a black cat on Halloween. We succeeded in catching her as Kuroneko’s thoughts were, “what a great game we played!”
As for Sunday, our initial guess was that Miette somehow escaped. We weren’t clear on the details and I know I was puzzled because she had been sleeping on my lap an hour earlier. No one had opened the garage or front doors. So while the other three were eating, we turned the house upside down in search of Miette, namely the various closets or rooms she might have been trapped in. Not one sign of her.
Resigned to her wandering the streets, I went outside and combed the nearby blocks; cats don’t really stay too far, especially when they’re off in unfamiliar turf. By the time I was walking up DeMaret, one of the many streets inhabited by roosters and dogs, Somara called. Miette was found…hiding in the bedroom, waiting for Molly to finish eating. She was busted by my wife who heard eating yet saw Molly sitting on the bed. Seems my little thief [Miette is named after the girl from a French movie I can explain if you care] was experimenting on how diligent we were on keeping the expensive out of reach.