Chapter 9

Brooke walked to the docks holding the cat carrier. Inside, Daisy was sleeping. Brooke walked over to a family consisting of a wife, a husband, and a little girl.

"Brooke?" the wife asked.

"Tanya?" Brooke asked.

"Yes," Tanya replied. "Thank you so much. My daughter has been begging me for a cat."

"You are so welcome," Brooke said. "I hate to see Daisy go, but it turns out my daughter is allergic to cats."

"Well thank you so much," Tanya said taking the cat carrier.

"You're welcome," Brooke said.

Brooke watched at the family got on the boat and sailed away.

"Goodbye Daisy," Brooke said.

Brooke began walking toward her car when she ran into Chase.

"Hey Chase," Brooke said. "What's up?"

"Nothing much," Chase said. "I'm just walking around. Jonathan admitted to me that he used a fake ID on Monday and got drunk."

"Wow," Brooke said.

"I'm trying to figure out what to do," Chase said. "I mean, I've grounded him."

"You should definitely have a talk with him," Brooke said. "Let him know it's not okay to get drunk."

"You're right," Chase said. "Thanks for the advice."

Brooke went back to her car and drove to the pet store. She picked out a cat and took it home. Once she got home, her family greeted her.

"Oh Mom," Jude said. "We can't find Daisy anywhere."

"Yeah, Daisy died," Brooke said.

"What?" Julian asked.

"Yep," Brooke said. "Found her dead this morning. But guess what; I got us a new cat."

Brooke held up the new cat carrier and let out a calico cat. The cat purred and rubbed against her leg.

"His name is Ernesto," Brooke said. "He's really sweet."

Ernesto walked over to Julian and began rubbing against him.

"So cute," Julian said.

Later at Karen's Café, Brooke, Haley, and Quinn were sitting at a booth drinking coffee.

"I can't believe you sent that cat out to sea," Haley said.

"That cat was evil," Brooke said. "I did replace her with another cat."

"Still," Quinn said. "What a horrible thing to do to your kids."

"Watch this video I filmed," Brooke said.

Brooke got out her phone and showed a video of her walking down the hallway.

"This is proof that the cat is evil," Brooke said.

In the video, Brooke walked into the master bedroom where Daisy was lying down.

"Watch," Brooke said.

Daisy lunged at Brooke and Brooke dropped the phone and screamed.

"Yep," Haley said. "You did the right thing."