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“Incidental,” Tex grunted. Then he asked me, “What do you need? Tasers? Stun guns?”
Apparently, he’d been briefed about me.
I shook my head. “Got those.”
“Grenades? Smoke bombs? Tear gas?” he went on.
Luna and I were struck dumb by this offer.
“TSA would get up in my face if I packed ’em. Don’t need the hassle of another prison sentence. Nance and the kitties need me around,” he said. “Anyway, we needed wheels when we got here to look over the place, so Nance and I drove down.”
Anotherprison sentence?
And…
The kitties?
Luna found her voice first. “You have grenades?”
“Sure,” he replied (still kinda booming).
“Um…” I didn’t quite respond. Then I steered it to a subject I could wrap my head around, “You have kitties?”
“Cats,” Nancy put in. “Tex and I have a cat sitting business. Though we have our own cats too.” She looked up at him. “How many do we have? I lost count.”
“Nine,” he said. “No, ten. Didn’t like the feel of that asshole who brought us Oreo, didn’t give him his cat back.”
Uh.
What?
“You stole someone’s cat?” I asked.
He leveled his blue gaze on me, and I fought quailing.
“I don’t like the feel of you, you don’t get your cat back.”
“Okay,” I agreed quickly, wondering how their cat sitting business continued to be a business when he occasionally stole client’s cats.
“Raye sits people’s pets,” Luna told them.
“Yeah,” I said. “I have Patches now. He’s a calico. But his momma is super sweet,” I assured. “She had to go home and look after her mom who had hip replacement therapy.”
Tex nodded his approval of this excuse to abandon your cat with a sitter.
“Want a coffee?” Luna offered.
“What kinda grub you got here?” Tex asked. “We haven’t had lunch.”
I smiled up at him. “The best kind. Sit your asses down, and we’ll get you sorted.”
We got them to a table. We got them menus. And we dropped waters on them.
While they perused their choices, and in between taking care of other customers, I texted Cap,Tex is here.
I wasn’t surprised when, about five seconds later, my phone rang, telling me Cap was calling.
I took the call.
