Chapter 205: Not a Cupcake you Can Eat

Cupcake, the younger of my two guinea pigs, squeaks in her cage and runs in a circle. Her little feet kick out bedding onto the floor. Her reddish brown spotted white body disappears under the little hammock in her cage. The space is tiny, so she kicks out her sister guinea pig, Ginny, a black, brown, and white combination who sheds hair anytime you look at her. She's worse than a dog. But I couldn't get a dog past Ryland's vigilant eyes. Quite frankly the only reason my guinea pigs have gone so long without being noticed is Ryland never enters my apartment. Marissa is sure to keep him far away from the cage and the possibility he'll hear them. She finds my flouting of the no pet rule hilarious.

Hudson recoils even though he's nowhere near her splash zone. "What is that?"

"A guinea pig. You've never seen a guinea pig?"

Hudson steps closer hesitantly. "Not in person. It's a giant furry rat."