Ginger the cat is the centerpiece of a lucrative entertainment and merchandising empire. A blue Christmas seems certain when his owner Katherine passes away right before Thanksgiving.<br><br>Katherine’s will appoints her loving and loyal groundskeeper Baily as executor, leaving estranged grandson Del livid. Since Del wasn’t around, it’s stipulated he must spend thirty days under the same roof as Ginger and Baily to get to know the cat as a loving companion, not just a commodity, in order to share in any inheritance.<br><br>As the men bond over the weeks leading into Christmas, Baily is unaware Scrooge-like Del is sneaking around, searching out cash and other valuables. Will they be able to make nice once Baily discovers Del’s naughtiness? Which list does Ginger end up on? And what will Katherine’s last gift to each man mean to their future?

Ginger Bread

Not all that interested, apparently, he didn’t follow. I was back in a matter of a minute or so, anyway, with Del trailing right behind me in a similar state of undress as Baily.


Baily stood, holding the towel in front of him, the one he’d apparently draped over his lap before sitting on the bed. “You wrote this?”


“I don’t know,” Del said. “What is it?”


“A story about last Christmas…about you coming to visit your grandmother and meeting Ginger.”


“Oh. Yeah. You’re in it, too. I started it on Write a Story Day. Haven’t quite gotten to the end, though. Ginger brought me the one you wrote.”


“He did…about this Christmas, how I come to say goodbye to Grandmother, meet you and Ginger and…”


“Oh. Yeah. We, uh, don’t usually share the stories. I didn’t think you’d read it.”


“No. I still wonder how Miss Kitty got the ones she sent to the publisher.”


Chapter 34