I thought Victoria and Amber would never leave. I think Sarah felt the same, for after she shut the door, she collapsed onto the couch and sighed. She stayed there for hours. She was there for so long that I jumped up on her to make sure she was still awake. You see, she likes to stay up until her dad, Jacob Leeds, gets home. He works at the train station (with Skimbleshanks!), but he works the night shift (like Skimbleshanks!) and he doesn't get back to super early in the morning. Really, humans worry about the littlest things. But I still care about her, so I curled up on her lap and purred as she pet me.
We both perked up as a car pulled into the driveway. Her dad walked in a few minutes later, but I heard him tell her he was just running in and out. That made sense to me, it was way too early for him to be home, but Sarah was disappointed. Nonetheless, he told her to go to bed, and told me to make sure she did so. Right. No. After a while of waiting, I pounced on the ball and chased it about the room. I think that kept Sarah awake for a while, given most of the time the ball was on top of her.