The First Recruit

 Title: Wick Opened the Cat Door… and Tigger Walked In 

Before Quigley the Shih Tzu came bounding into our lives like a fuzzy bowling ball with confidence issues, and before Tigra started judging everyone from the windowsill, there was Tigger—a wide-eyed orange tabby with a heart full of hope and zero regard for property lines. 

He didn’t just wander in. 

Wick brought him. 

It was winter. The kind of bitter cold that bites through your coat and makes you question all your life choices. Tigger lived next door, but his owners kept putting him outside like it was April. It wasn’t. There was ice on the inside of the windows. 

Wick noticed. Of course he did.