The cat purred as the girls fussed over it, Maggie did think it quiet adorable really. Another girl joined them, referring to the matron as Mama, was that her mother? She felt a sting of jealousy that this girl would get to see her mother every day where Maggie would not, but she could not let it show.

"When I was little we had a cat that dad got to chase away the mice living in our outhouse." she thought about the cat again and felt her hands digging deeper into toulouse's fur as if looking for something to cling to. She sniffed as she felt her tears trying to force their way back to the surface again, the cat nuzzling her hand helped keep her in check.