CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND NINE – THE FAMOUS CAT

In the days following Whiskers' miraculous reappearance, Jasmine's viral "pleas for help" in locating the missing pet ended up being featured on several popular Instagram and Twitter accounts dedicated to reuniting lost companion animals with their owners. What had started as a desperate social media posting quickly morphed into an internet phenomenon, with Whiskers' story of getting hopelessly lost and mysteriously finding her own way home again after weeks of searching tugging at heartstrings across the web. Soon, Jasmine found her inbox and post comments flooded with adoring messages from new fans and followers wanting all the juicy details behind Whiskers' great escape and return (yes, they especially wanted to know about the restaurant and park disturbances). She found herself being approached on the street by strangers excitedly asking to pet and take pictures with "that cat from the internet" whenever they were out on their daily walks. Whiskers, for her part, accepted her