He couldn’t find the Lady of the Lights and he couldn’t not find Cassidy. This was really getting ridiculous.
Nutcase crawled onto his lap to clean herself. This was late May, that meant Perry had given him the kitten five months ago. Almost half a year together. Born Thanksgiving Day according to Perry. The day that had changed his life.
But was it for the better? That was the thing he couldn’t be sure of.
He’d barely spoken to his parents since then. He could feel their shame even if they never said it. Every conversation was beyond awkward. He could just imagine the dinner parties. “We had such hopes for the boy.” “We had no idea you could do so little with such an expensive education.” “We did our best not to spoil him, but what are you going to do. He grew up with money.”
He had g
