Chapter 19

"Oh. My. God. No. It can't be." I said in shock.

"Mitch, what's wrong?" Shane asked me. I was sitting on the couch in shock because I can't believe her mom did it.

"Mitchie?" Nate asked.

"Hold on. I got this. Michelle Juliet Torres!" Jason said. I looked up and looked at Jason and said,

"How did you know my middle name is Juliet?" I asked him.

"Nate told me." He said.

"Nate how did you know?" I asked him.

"Caitlyn. She said that was your middle name and that her and her mom used to call you it." He said.

"Oh, well I used to go by it but now I don't." I said.

"Anyway, Mitchie why did you go all freaky on us before?" Nate asked

"I know where Mrs. Lake went." I said.

"Where?!" They all said once.

"Mr. Cat's Breeding Service." I said.

"Mitch I'm confused. What does a breeding service have to do with Caitlyn's mom?" Shane asked.

"No, you don't get it. When they bought Izzy I was with them. Me and Caitlyn were 10 years old. When we found Izzy Caitlyn had to go to the bathroom. I stayed with Mrs. Lake while she went. I was pretending not to listen to them but I was listening. She told "Mr. Cat" that she had fun with him the other night and other stuff about being together. Then when she went to pay for Izzy she said she stole the money from Caitlyn's savings." I said.

"Wait so the cat really belongs to Caitlyn?" Nate asked

"Yes." I said

"Well how come you never told Caitlyn about this?" Shane asked me.

"Because I didn't want to hurt her or their relationship."

"Well where are they?" Jason asked. We all looked at him because I had said that in the first place.

"Anyway, we need Henry to come with us." I said.

"Why?" Shane asked us.

"First off, you, Connect 3, are famous, and second it's in a bad part of town." Just then Henry came in my front door. "Henry? Where did you come from?"

"You didn't think I would leave you four unprotected did you?" He said.

"Of course not." I said. "Let's go." The five of us got into the SUV with Henry driving. We drove to the part of town called Woodley County which was a bad part of town. We were driving down a street and I saw the house.

"Stop! That's it." Henry pulled the car over and came to a stop.

"That's where we have to go?" Jason asked staring at the run down shack. It was a small wooden house with boards on the windows and black bars over the front door. The side of the house had graffiti and had stuff written all over it.

"Are you sure? Because I mean we can keep going and,"

No, this is it. I'm sure of it." I said.

"Well then what do we do when we get inside?" Henry asked.

"That part I'm not sure of. But I might have a plan. When we knock on the door Mrs. Lake will probably slam the door in our face so if that's the case then Henry will say he has to come in so she will let us in. Then if they do let us we explain everything and if they try to do anything wrong or deny it we take the cat and run. That basically it." I said.

"So we're stealing?" Nate asked.

"No we are taking back what is rightfully Caitlyn's." I said.

"Everyone ready?" I asked.

"As ready as we'll ever be." They said. The five of us got out and went up the front porch steps. When we got up to the door Henry knocked and we heard someone open a lock.

"Who's there?" We heard a man said.

"Mitchie." I said.

"Who?" I heard Mrs. Lake say.

"Juliet!" I said louder. When I said Juliet that's when she opened the door. She was standing behind a man who was Mr. Cat. I looked at the man first at his shoes then at his face and was in complete and utter shock. I whispered,

"Dad?"