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Rated: E · Short Story · Animal · #2355845

An animal lover sneaks a few extra friends into the home.


Write a story that includes the line: "What's your excuse this time?"


He just had to ask. I did not want to answer him. "What's your excuse this time?"

I shuffled my feet for a moment. There was no right answer. "It just happened?"

"Are you asking me or telling me?"

"Both?"

He sighed and put his hands on his hips. "How many this time?"

"They really needed me, they didn't have much time."

"How many?"

"Five."

"Five kittens? We are not keeping one this time. Fostering means taking care of them until someone else adopts them. Not we just keep a couple. We already have four cats."

"Legally we could have five," I pointed out.

"Do you want to have to explain why you can not foster them?"

"No."

"How many are we keeping?"

"None..." I answered sheepishly.

"Fine. Where are they?"

"In the bathroom."


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