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In spite of his fear that he was becoming his father, he had to admit: knowing he would be coming home to her later was nice. He still left the TV on, of course—although he did so now to keep Sadie company rather than to take the edge off a lonesome apartment—and his solitude still got to him on occasion, especially now that the holidays were in full swing, but, mostly, he was just enjoying his little experiment in cat ownership—more so than he would have guessed. He still worried about Bonnie and Clyde—his parakeet and goldfish, respectively—despite the fact that he’d suspended the birdcage from the ceiling and relocated the tank to the highest shelf of the entertainment center; but even that, like his loneliness, had subsided since Sadie’s arrival, mostly because she’d proven t
