Chapter ninety

90.

Mia returned to her tray, sighing with exasperation at the sight of

Clovis eating a strawberry. “You’re a weird cat, man.” She picked up

another piece of bacon and the last strawberry. “Being a carnivore, you

should go for the bacon. Or the eggs.”

Clovis didn’t look up from his juicy berry, and she sighed again. Mia

hesitated for a moment, debating how she should handle the cat’s presence.

The idea of leaving him here was horrible. He had been a present from

Stefania for her fifteenth birthday, and she loved the quirky feline.

Deciding she was getting ahead of herself, and she had to find a way

out first, she patted his head and left the room. After she figured out a way

to escape, she would come back for Clovis before actually leaving.

Mia had been through most of the house the day before, but she noticed

a computer in one of the rooms that she had bypassed yesterday. Her heart

leapt with excitement, and she mentally reviewed the list of acquaintances

she could cont