Your Pleasure
By L.J. Hamlin
Poppy hears what she recognizes as her cat, Marmalade, hissing in her kitchen, so she hurries to see what’s wrong. As soon as she comes into the kitchen, she sees her neighbor and friend’s small corgi, Mister Woof, eating her cat’s food while her kitty growls at him from a distance. Marmalade is a coward when it came to dogs, even small dogs who would run away if he batted at them.
“What are you doing here Mister Woof? Jamie will be worried about you!” Poppy scoops up Woof, who tries to lick her face, and Marmalade instantly stops growling and starts winding around Poppy’s legs as if thanking her.
“Let’s get you home,” Poppy says to the arm full of corgi happily wiggling against her chest.
Awkwardly with one hand, Poppy opens her backdoor. It has a cat fla
