Chapter Four'Sweet Foot' Judi bit off the last thread and folded the skirt in her lap. She laid the mended skirt in the basket beside her and took up a somewhat-tattered blouse. Big Daddy turned his pungent cigar over in thick brown-stained fingers, then mashed the glowing tip into a pewter ashtray, and belched.
Twinkers entered the room, mewling for more treats. She crawled onto Sweet Foot's lap.
Sweet Foot stroked the multi-colored cat under her chin and stomach. The cat's tummy was sensitive. She had licked the fur off her large, pink belly, and she didn't like it tickled. She jumped onto the floor with a thud, and meandered away.
“Why did you lick the fur off your tummy?” Sweet Foot smiled. “Are you stressed, Twinks?”
“Darn cat,” Big Daddy said and swatted the pet as she went by. T
