Irish Coffee
By Ernestine Coleman-Dupree
Risking his well-being and possible life to save a kitten was not something Neil Jardin ever thought he would do. If he were to be honest, he wasn’t even a fan of cats. Regardless, there he was, climbing up the closest tree next to an apartment building that had smoke and flames coming out the top. All to rescue the overly fluffy gray furball sitting in the second-story window, meowing. The animal didn’t seem to be in any particular distress, but the building was. The firefighters had evacuated the apartment, and no one was being allowed back in. This fact is exactly why Neil was climbing a tree with a crowbar in his back pocket.
His plan was simple: break the window, stuff the cat in his jacket, then shimmy back down the tree. Unfortunately for
