Who? Me?

Latino has developed a sense of paranoia lately. This is uncharacteristic behavior for him. "I think Lucy is trying to figure out how to kill us so she can eat us. She sits in that same spot and watches every night, plotting. She is looking for weak spots, observing you. I think it is just you she wants to kill; she leaves the room when I come in. You better watch out." His solution is a typical one for him. "We better get rid of her."

Although Latino might be on to something due to Lucy's evil tendencies, I defended my cat the best way I knew how: the sweet and innocent approach. "Look at her. She looks so sweet! How could she be planning our murders? Look at that innocent face!" This approach worked well for me as a child. I would do something to my older sister and she would yell, "Mom! Gringa did ______ to me!" My mom would look at me, see the most innocent face I could muster, and be convinced there was no way I could have done that.

Evil or not, I had to convince Latino that Lucy was worth keeping around. I must admit, however, that sometimes I keep an eye on her when she is staring at me. Sometimes she does so while intentionally flicking her tail against me. I can tell it is not an accident because she repeats the action multiple times while whacking her tail HARD, not just a soft little twitch. She is staring me down right now, and I think she is hungry. Now I sound more like the paranoid one, but that is more my nature than Latino's anyway.

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