Without any hesitation, Luke opens the door of the car quickly and runs into the house. He finds where Jenny is quickly, and then goes towards her with rapid pace.
“What’s going on?”
He squats down on the ground holding Jenny’s shoulder. As soon as she meets his arm, she throws herself into his arms. Their breath are quick and uneven.
Luke freezes in surprise, strokes her back hesitantly and comforts her in a low voice.
Jenny frowns and buries herself in his warm arms. She is holding her feet in pain with another hand. After a long time, she raises her head and timidly looks at the ornament on her side.
Following her eyes, Luke finds a sculpture that has just fallen off the table and hit her foot.
“Did you get hurt? How did it fall?”
Jenny shakes her head being fearful.
Something seems to be moving on the sofa.
Luke is a little surprised and he holds Jenny up.
The furniture at home is covered with white dust cloth, and it is hiding under the cloth.
As he lifts the dust cloth, Luke is surprised and slowly puts down his golf club.
A little dark gray cat huddles under the dust cloth, turning its eyes timidly at the two “giant” creatures in front of it.
It is scared looking like how Jenny just was.
“Oh, it’s a kitten,” Jenny exclaims, feels relieved, and smiles happily.
Luke stands by her side and watches her play with the kitten. His eyes become soft.
“Why is it here?” Jenny looks up and asks Luke.
Luke covers his mouth with a handkerchief, and glances at the wide open door of the house.
Obviously, it just sneaked in.
“What a lovely kitten...”
“Is it hungry?”
“I’ll get it something to eat.”
Looking at Jenny being busy, Luke doesn’t say anything, and just let her do want she wants to do. But the little kitten is poor under Jenny’s “care”. It’s seemingly still unweaned, while Jenny tries to feed it with a packet of biscuits. Naturally the kitten doesn’t eat it.
After a while, Jenny is a little worried and asks Luke for help, “why doesn’t it eat?”
Luke frowns, turns and takes a bottle of water from the car, then comes out from the kitchen with a plate. He squats down in front of Jenny, crushes the biscuits and soaks them in the water. The kitten hesitates for a few times, but still doesn’t eat.
Luke is a little embarrassed.
Jenny also feels upset.
The little cat meows, and somehow touches the biscuit with its paw. Then it withdraws its paw and licks it. It is stunned for a moment, and then hesitates to move to the side of the plate, smelling the milk flavor of the biscuits, and then begins to eat.
“It eats...” Suddenly, there is a flash in Jenny’s eyes, with her two dimples deeper.
Luke smiles and looks at the kitten eating with its head down. It is rare to see his tenderness.
“You are so cute, what shall I call you?”
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