I decided that I wanted to name him anyway. I wanted to name him Lucky and Hailey wanted to name him Cloud. She suggested a compromise of Lucky Cloud. I couldn’t bear to put such a horrid name on a creature like this cat so I took the liberty of naming him Pepper because of his dirty gray color.
Hailey lifted him out of the carrier and carried him down the steps of my deck. He didn’t like that too much because he decided to scratch her. He was a spunky little cat.
Over the next few weeks, Pepper hung around my house every day. He eventually followed my dad into the basement and, even though my dad claims he hates cats, no one had an objection. After all, Pepper picked us. What could we do?
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