The bedraggled ragdoll zips across the lawn at impossible speeds. Julien leans against the pavilion railing, watching as streaks of blue and tan fur barrel after the doll. Rumi leaps to snatch the doll from midair in her powerful jaws. Pivoting on her sleek haunches, she sprints back across the lawn. Lord Cupcake chases after her, his tail aloft like a happy flag. He doesn’t mind that Rumi only allows him to catch the ragdoll one time out of five; he’s just excited to have such inexhaustible playmates. Well. One inexhaustible playmate. Fisk sprawls in a sunny patch at one end of the lawn. His
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I’m sobbing
