I was working from home today, during the early afternoon there was a knock at the door. I troll downstairs, down the hallway, unlock the door, and find a large weird looking guy with a clipboard stood on the doorstop.
“Do you have pets? You know, a cat or a dog?” he asks. I’m stood next to the cats’ food and water bowls, so I look down at them. He follows my eyes, at that moment Eric, a red Maine Coon, looks around my legs and up at this odd guy. He’s seen the cat bowls and one of the cats, we have four of them.
I look back up at him, “No,” I answer, myself and Eric stepping back as I slowly close the door …







