Tell no one, the catnapper had written on the note they'd left me. So what's the first thing I did? I called Dad and Boxy. Look, I had to. I told them everything. Okay, almost everything. But without Studmuffin, my heart felt like it was splintering over and over again. Unlike me, Dad and Boxy would know what to do. At the moment, all I knew how to do was pace Sunray's waiting area, wring my hands together, and let worry chew me up from the inside out.

Not a good time.

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