Chapter 102

We separated out of the elevator quickly, Travis toward the policewoman and Studmuffin and I toward the other cat. Despite my need for answers, my ears perked for what Travis might say to the woman. Not that it mattered. Because it didn't. There's some logic there if you don't think about it too much.

"Pet?" Studmuffin whispered, trotting along next to me.

"Hmm?"

"Who are we following?"

I blinked hard to bring the hallway back into focus, the policewoman's girlish laugh and Travis's mutterings dissolving behind me. The hallway ahead was completely empty.

"We're not following anyone," I said. "Where did the kitty go?"

"She pulled a me almost better than...well, me."

"Nonsense. No one's better at vanishing than you. She was backward-walking toward the" - I pointed straight ahead - "evidence room."