Arguments and boyfriends, not a good combination

Of Cabbages and Kings

My sister, Lorraine, and her boyfriend, Aaron, were arguing about my sister’s cat. They had been in the living room for about an hour while I was in another room ironing clothes and pretending I hadn’t heard their arguments.

Lorraine’s voice was soft and pleading, “Aaron, please don’t kick Sir Catskill like that. He’s—”

Aaron’s return remark showed his contempt, “What do you care? He’s just a thing always in the way.”

Lorraine continued, “He’s my cat, not just a thing. I love him.”

Aaron laughed, “He’s just a thing, that’s all. Why don’t you get that stupid piece of cat hair out of my way? And...

 

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