lately, i've been thinking

So, after spending all of yesterday bawling my eyes out and cursing my stepdad, I talked to my stepbro who actually knew which shelter stepdad dropped Merls off at.

I called them and his name wasn't ion the list, but in case someone else had dropped her off, I decided to go down there (it was waaaaay out of the way). And Merlin wasn't there and I talked to the nice ladies and got some advice etc.

I was pretty furious at this point since none of it was adding up, so I called my stepdad for the 100000th time today and finally he just yelled that he didnt give her up but that she ran out on Wednesday night after beign put in a car by him for being too noisy during her heat. He just didn't want to have to look for her? Or worry Ola and Michelle?

So: stepdad is not necessarily a terrible person, just kind of a shitty ass parent (nothing new here).

I'm making LOST CAT fliers/posters right now to put up and drop off in mailboxes all over the neighbourhood.

I hope she comes back. Thank you all for your support, seriously, you've been so fantastic, I can't even begin to explain - your words of encouragement mean a lot ♥

If anyone has any advice/stories about cats who went missing while in heat - share, also tips on making effective posters? THANK YOU!