Chapter 249

Queenie seemed to understand what the kitten wanted. Still, she turned toward the stairs to see how the kitten would react and whether she had misinterpreted the kitten's previous "meow". Sure enough, Queenie had barely taken a step down the stairs when the kitten whipped its head around. It meowed sharply and relentlessly in protest as if demanding to go into Joshua's bedroom. "You want to go in there?" Queenie guessed, not that the kitten would answer her verbally. She carried the kitten down the hall and stood before Joshua's bedroom door. The kitten, as if in answer, stopped meowing the moment it beheld the tightly shut door. It turned and fixed Queenie with a knowing look, its round eyes large and sparkling with plea. Queenie stared at it helplessly. "You want to go in there of all places?" What lay beyond the door was the master bedroom, which boasted a suite-like layout featuring an adjoining bathroom and study. It was practically an apartment on its own. It was where Josh