So I go to bed now, and it’s all as it was before Claudia came into my life. \u00a0I have nothing to worry about before hitting the sack. \u00a0No one to check on and see if maybe she wants to spend the night inside for a change. \u00a0No one to open the door for and look to see if she wants to come in for a snack before her nightly duties, whatever they were. \u00a0No one to check on before bed. \u00a0I have no one to look after now. \u00a0I don’t have to turn the nightlights I bought for the basement now, so she can find her way to the litter box in the basement bathroom if she needs to. \u00a0She only used it once but it reassured me she knew where it was and I could leave her inside for an extended period without worrying she’d leave a deposit somewhere else. \u00a0I don’t have to clean her food dishes, or make sure she had some dry food out. \u00a0I don’t have to check the water fountain. \u00a0I can just hit the sack and not a care in the world when I do. \u00a0Freedom is such an empty thing. \u00a0Like my house is again. \u00a0Like I am. \u00a0Like I’ve always been except for a few weeks this summer when I was loved by a little thing who didn’t have to notice me at all but she did out of everyone else here on the block.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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