13 Cat Burglars
After an insanely long journey involving four trains, five taxis, and three ferries, I finally make it to Celeste’s place. You’d think that an ordeal like that would help me get over my aerophobia. Hopping on a plane would have been so much easier. But there was no way that was going to happen. The very thought of it still makes me break out in hives and hyperventilate.
The house Celeste is renting is beautiful. I stand in the courtyard and look around in awe. Sunlight bounces off its whitewashed walls, and the bright blue paint on the door and shutters is the same color as the waters surrounding the island. Flowering vines clamber over a pergola, providing much needed shade in the middle of the day, and the infinity pool is large and inviting. I bet even people with aq
