CHAPTER TEN
As Vanessa expected, Cat had beat them back to the apartment. She unlocked the door to the familiar sound of Cat's god-awful screeching in the background.
"Oh my god, Cat! There are people here. Can you please stop killing whatever that poor animal is and give it a decent burial?" Vanessa yelled over the din and heard the sound of Cat's disgruntled 'hmmph' in the living room.
It was a long-standing family joke that Cat sang like her namesake, which was to say about as well as a feline. Vanessa wasn't exactly a triple threat when it came to her singing, but she was miles better than her sister, a fact which she loved to rub in. The familiar teasing also lifted her mood. Funny how bugging your sibling always did that.
Cat flounced into the room with a sparkle that belied her
