anywho these people apparently searched the whole night and their cat had a warm night inside with tuna and litter and cuddles.

they emailed the neighbourhood list the next morning and i was like “ok cool i know who owns this cat now” (he has no collar or any identifying information). but then they told everyone on the street that someone suspicious took him and basically just made it sound like an abduction (man was outside my house in torrential rain mind you).

so in any case, i go down to their house and i’m like “i’ve got your little man. he’s fine. i can take care of him until you’re home”. they say ok so i take care of this cat for another 12 hours. The cat straight up refuses to leave my room and i invite them in cause im at a loss and the husband is like “lmao” but the wife is like… almost accusing me of brainwash. and i say “he seems really attached to this sleeping area - do you want me to move it to your house? my cat passed and she’s not going to use it anymore”. the husband is like “yeah that’d be great” but the wife seems hesitant so im like… ill leave it for a bit. now 6 weeks later i reach out to say “hey do you want the cat tower” - after a few weeks of my neighbours being completely strange to me because the narrative is i stole the cat (i have 3 cats and a dog - i don’t need another one 😭) but then even the neighbours are now like “the cat looked really sick and started knocking on doors tbf” and ive somehow started a neighbour war and i just want this cat to have a motherfucking space he likes to sleep that isn’t on the cement outside his house