Chapter Six
Stretching out her arms towards the ceiling, Jane yawned and sat up off the bed.
"Morning sleepyhead, come downstairs- your mom wants to tell you something," Jessie said as he peaked into the room and ducked back out to go back downstairs.
Excitement bubbled up inside of Jane and she nearly fell over as she raced after him. Did her mom find the horses?
Jane felt a cold blast of air as she entered into the kitchen, where Jessie and Jennifer were cooking eggs.
"Jane! There you are!" her mom cried while rushing over to Jane and hugging her.
Oh my gosh... did she find the horses?!
Her mom smiled. "Since we can't find the horses... Jessie, Floyd and I decided to get a kitten for you two!"
And just like that, Jane felt her heart sink. No, they still hadn't found the horses. And their replacement was a cat?
"What? But we can't just forget about the horses! They could be out there somewhere- starving, hurt, scared!" Jane shouted as her emotions started to break loose.
Jennifer went silent, slowly eyeing Jessie. She put her hand on her forehead and sighed. "I know," she murmured. "Jessie isn't happy about this either. But we can't find the horses anywhere. They've just... disappeared."
Jane wrapped her hand over her mouth as tears flooded her eyes. "No. I won't accept it..."
The room grew silent, nothing could be heard except the faint swishing noises coming from the ceiling fan.
Jane had gotten Speckle the same time Jessie did, they were both ten years old at the time. And now my mom just wants me to... forget them? Jane thought uneasily as she backed up towards the wall and slid down onto the floor with sadness.
"It's okay, I'll go ahead and order the kitten--" Jennifer began, phone in hand, but she suddenly went silent in the middle of her sentence which made Jessie and Jane curiously look up at her.
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"What... that can't be right!" she exclaimed while holding out her phone in front of Jessie and Jane.
On the screen was the pet adoption website, where it showed pictures of all the available pets for adoption. Two of the pictures were pictures of Speckle and Rusty, with their exact names and date of birth.
"What the hey?" Jane shouted while leaping to her feet and snatching the phone from her mother's hands.
It really was Rusty and Speckle! They were up for adoption! But how?
"Who would do such a thing?" Jennifer mumbled.
As Jane looked to her side, she noticed Jessie looking at her with wide eyes. "Do you think... it was Victoria?"