Summary

"This Cat" – The narrator brings her children to PetSmart to adopt a cat. The cat they adopt has black fur and is friendly. The cat will be called “The Cat” until a name can be decided upon. At the same time, a droplet comes out of the narrator’s breast, urging her gynecologist to send her to Havensworth Radiology for an x-ray. A breast surgeon calls for a biopsy. The narrator keeps her mind off her fear by focusing on the cat which likes to follow her around, and getting her family to focus on the cat. She has not told them at all about her tests. The narrator and her husband called to the school to meet with the principal over her son stealing everything from a donut to the teacher’s diamond bracelet. The son is suspended for two days...