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Cat Cafe – Part II
“Suki!”
“Hey babe. Where are you?”
“What do you mean where am I? Where are you?”
“I’m a block from your apartment.”
“Don’t go
“What?”
there.”
“I left Kyst.”
“Girl, I’ve been gone three weeks. What the fuck?”
“He cheated on me.”
“He did not.”
“He did.”
“I’ll cut his balls off and feed them to my fish.”
“You don’t own fish.”
“I’m getting some just for this purpose.”
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She giggled in spite of herself.
“Why didn’t you call me?” Suki seemed incredulous.
“Because you were supposed to be in the UK finding love. I didn’t want you to worry about me while finding your life partner.”
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“Do you know what I found?” Suki laughed, “a grown man who can’t set boundaries with his ex. I booked a flight out last night and didn’t even tell him I was leaving. I landed early this morning, dropped my shit off and the first thing I thougt of was how much I need a Juni hug. Where can I get on
She named the cat café and grinned when Suki laughed.
those?”
“I take it back. I won’t feed his balls to fish. I’m going to break into his apartment and leave animal dander between his pillowcase and pillow and inside all his throw pillows.”
“You are diabolical.”
“I am. I still want his balls. I’ll do both.” She hummed as she plugged in new coordinates for the cat café. “Good grief, you’re clear across town.”
“I’m where he can’t find me. He’s gone insane as has his mother.”
“What do you mean?”
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“I’ll explain it all when you get here.” Juniper sighed loudly.
“See you in twenty.”
Juniper easily distracted herself while waiting for her friend to come and when she saw her face outside the window, waving ecstatically and calling her name, she could hear Kyst in her head.
“Why is she so loud?”
and
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She blinked at the thought and pushed it away. Kyst like 1 Suki but often complained about how she was eccentric a loved all the attention on her and it often sucked both K Juniper into spotlight when they’d rather not be. She frow at the notion. Juniper did drama in school. She enjoyed singing and dancing. When did she stop wanting to be in the spotlight?
When it made Kyst uncomfortable, so she was uncomfortable. She wrote it down in a separate note on her phone.
“Whatcha writing? Holy shit! Look at your hair. You sexy thing! You look incredible.” Suki plopped beside her and scared the cat right off Juniper’s lap. “Oh shoot. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry little kitty. Hold on, I’ll get her back.”
“It’s fine, Suki. She’ll come back,” she grabbed her friend’s hand and looked into her beautiful dark eyes and smiled, “I really missed you.”
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“I missed you too.”
They hugged for several long seconds and then Suki pulled
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away, grabbed her by the shoulders and shook Juniper until her head wobbled.
“What happened?”
“You know how the doctor told Kyst and I maybe we were having too much sex and to stop trying so hard? She suggested we schedule things around ovulation and all that?”
“A couple months back? Yeah. I remember laughing telling him he’d be growing hairy palms with your gorgen around.”
“Yeah, well he didn’t grow hairy palms because he found someone to screw with every Wednesday. He didn’t like scheduling sex with me but didn’t mind scheduling it with Blow–up Barbie.”
“Blow–up Barbie?”
and
She groaned, “it was so awful, Suki. I put a camera in the house, and I watched her walk into the apartment, and he fucked her right against the door, but she barely reacted. He put her on the sofa, and she laid there like a limp noodle. The guys were talking about how in the bedroom she was simply laying there letting him do whatever he wanted. Phineas said she calls herself a
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pillow princess, but it was ridiculous how little she actually was involved. My therapist said maybe it’s her kink?”
“Whoa! Wait. Three questions. Why did you suspect he was cheating and put cameras in? Who are the guys? When did you start going to therapy?”
“Well, at the beginning of the week, Phineas Perez,”
“Not the hot billionaire CEO who runs the company you work at?” Suki squealed loudly and cats scattered from her feet.
“Yes, shh,” she laughed at Suki and then stopped her. Don’t shush. Be you. I’m realizing we quieted ourselves dow because it made Kyst uncomfortable. Fuck him.”
“Or let’s not fuck him ever,” Suki shuddered. “He’s been my friend since we were kids but I’m team Juni all the way. He’s an asshat and the fact he cheated on you is bullshit.”
“Thanks Suki,” she rested her head on Suki’s shoulder, “anyway, Phineas called me to his office. Six months ago, his wife Denise came by asking for more money and he refused. She got upset and cried and left the building. Kyst saw her crying and felt bad for her and bought her a coffee across the street. She lied to him, telling him she was in a marriage where her husband was older with a broken dick. I guess at first he was a sounding board but eventually she made a pass and six weeks ago, he let her grope him under a table. Four weeks ago, he started working from home on Wednesdays to fuck her in our apartment. Phineas
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knew but needed the proof to get out of his prenup. Kyst ditched our gynecology exam on Friday to get coffee with her.”
“He did not.”
“He did. The worst part was, at the appointment, I found out I was pregnant, but it was clearly not going to be a viable pregnancy. He didn’t show up. I was so mad at him for not being there, I didn’t even tell him. I lost the baby Wednesday while he was fucking Denise Perez all over my apartment.”
Juni’s mouth opened and closed like a fish out of water and then she inhaled sharply, taking a deep breath and blowi slowly. She did it a few more times as if trying to regulate breathing and then she slammed the top of the table with he palm.
“Fuck cutting his balls off. Let’s just throw him in the St. Lawrence with cement boots and a chum bucket tied around his neck.”
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