Growling deeply, I carried him up the two steps into the trailer, loving the way his weight felt when I held him and the way his legs squeezed around me. I set him down on the bed when a yowl sounded and a cat darted out from behind Eli. “Peanut?! What are you doing in here?” I asked. He wasn’t inside when I closed it earlier. Maybe he’d snuck in while I was distracted with Eli outside.

