LOST: Felines, Northwest GA
Description
I lost two felines last Tuesday at 7:15 p.m. after I stepped out to grab the mail and left the kitchen window open. I circled the block around the Clock Tower on Broad Street in Rome, calling their names as the light faded and the streetlamps flickered on. One cat is a calico with a white bib and the other a gray tabby with a tiny white toe on his left paw; they usually answer when I whistle, but this time they didn’t. My nerves feel pulled tight; they’re my family, and I know every little sound they make. I keep picturing them tucked somewhere warm, maybe behind the farmers market, and I keep hoping they’ll wander back in before bedtime.
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