An Inconvenient Friendship | Sterling + Silas
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Sterling knew of all the reasons why maintaining the lease on a house that wasn't being used was pointless. He was wasting his money and his time, and to everyone who was not him, this would all seem like an easy decision. Hell, Juliette had said it best: it was just plain stupid. Still, Sterling couldn't help it.
As he made his way to the house, Cannoli running on ahead as he usually did -- the cat hated crates and it seem ridiculous to try to force him onto a leash -- he thought of one of the earliest lessons he'd learned: it was best to always have a back up plan. Regardless of how good life seemed to be going, or how trustworthy the people in one's life seemed, the smartest thing a person could do for themselves was to plan for failure. So, that's what this house was -- a backup plan in the case that Jules decided that Sterling and Cannoli were no longer welcomed in her house. Plus, he liked the idea of having somewhere he could go that was quiet and void of other people, should he ever need it.
Sterling rounded the corner only to stop short. His usually anti-social cat was sitting peacefully as another cat investigated him. Sterling chuckled. All that time with Jules's girl must've changed him for the better. He clicked his tongue, a grin still on his face, and bent down to run his hand over Cannoli's back. "Are you making friends," he asked the cat. It was ridiculous, he knew, but he'd taken to the nurturing father role remarkably quickly after receiving Cannoli. "Okay now," Sterling stood and called over his shoulder hoping that Cannoli would listen to him just this once. "Time to head home."