The Lightship – Part 6 of 11

THE LIGHTSHIP

Part 6

Foggy stretched to his full length and yawned, luxuriating on the sun-dappled porch. Annie looked down fondly at the nearly twenty-pound, bull-necked bundle of joy swatting at her slippers and could hardly believe it was the same little kitten she’d brought home only nine months earlier. But since he seemingly never stopped eating what was so hard to believe? After threatening him with severe dietary restrictions and permanent banishment from the moorage, Annie stood up and opened the screen door to get some tea. Considering her threats to be idle, Foggy took one last lazy swipe at her disappearing heels and yawned again.