Chapter 20

“What do you know? You don’t have any pets.” Bear harrumphed.

“Yeah, spoken from high on the mount,” Reed cracked up laughing.

“Well, I’m considering getting Greg a lap dog. He loves animals and we can’t have a cat.”

Bear looked straight at Reed. “Stop chortling. You should talk, you’ve got Washington, the ghost cat. I don’t know if anyone else here has seen Reed’s cat, but he teleports from room to room. You never see him move. And then of course, there’s Laverne and Shirley, the yappy Maltipoos.” Bear chuckled. “The name alone can make me laugh out loud.”

“Enough with the pets,” Cisco finished his eggs. “I’ve got a hospital to run. You may be semi-retired, Bear, but the rest of us have to earn our living.”

“What are we going to do about the subs plotting to put Caden together with Masato?” Gary asked the table in general as he drank the last of his coffee.