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Submitted to Contest #299
I didn't ask for this job. Most cats dream of professional napping, competitive judgmental staring, or Olympic-level indifference. Me? I somehow became the Dr. Phil of the pet world, except with actual intelligence and without the mustache.The thing about intelligence is that it's a curse. When you're the smartest creature in a three-block radius, the problems of lesser beings inevitably become your burden. That's how I ended up running an unlicensed therapy practice out of my human's home office in the quiet suburban nightmare of Maple Ridg...
Submitted to Contest #298
The sound of your muffled sobs still haunts me at night. That terrible choking noise you made as you bit down on your fist, desperate not to be heard through these paper-thin walls. Blood beaded between your knuckles. I stood there, frozen, watching your pain bloom like some grotesque flower in the darkness of your bedroom. I have memorized the architecture of your suffering, Jake. Every silent tear. Every bruise you explained away. Every moment, I should have intervened, but didn't. They say those who witness suffering carry a weight al...
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