“There, now you’ve got some clothes to wear.”
Mew Mew froze in place, completely still.
The old woman sighed as if remembering something painful. “Poor little thing… Mew Mew used to be just like any other cat, with beautiful fur. Then someone kidnapped him and… skinned him alive.”
My hand froze mid–pat.
Ever since I met Mew Mew, he had been completely red, without any skin. I suspected something was wrong, but It never expected the truth to be this horrifying.
“That sicko even recorded a video of it and posted it online the old woman continued bitterly. “His username was something like Jack–something–Log. I went to confront him, but I got so angry I had a stroke… and then I ended up here.”
A chill ran through me as I listened.
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Mew Mew seemed to notice my reaction and placed one of his little paws on my hand.
“Meow, meow.”
I understood what he meant right away: “Don’t worry, Miss. The moment that psycho entered the game, I tore him to pieces. Wasn’t I amazing?”
I stroked his face and smiled. “Very amazing.”
After finishing the visit, I moved on to the third room.
Knock, knock, knock.
The door creaked open, revealing an elderly woman with a tense, worried expression.
“Well, young lady?” she asked anxiously.
I knew she was waiting for news.
So, late last night, I went to the address she gave me to find her son.
But sadly…
Without saying a word, I handed her a photograph.
It was of a young man with a clean, bright smile, but the photo was in black and white.
As if sensing what was coming, she stared at me in disbelief, the weight of overwhelming grief crushing her almost instantly.
With a heavy heart, I said, “When I arrived at the address, there was nothing left. His friends told me that on the seventh day after your passing, he took his own life in the bathtub.”
Even though the fire hydrant was right there, and he knew all the fire safety protocols, he couldn’t save his mother because the building’s safety inspections had failed
