Welcome

Please welcome a new addition to my house. Marley. I weakened and realized I could not live without a cat in my house plus once again we have visitors of the rodent kind and a quick ferocious street cat is the only way to rid these nasty creatures. I went all the way to Brighton Beach to a woman's house who rescues cats. I was originally looking at Siamese kittens but they did not look so great.
This woman was a bit of an animal hoarder, and somewhat loopy. She had over 40 cats that needed rescuing. When I saw Marley I was smitten. I took her home on the Q train, and within minutes of being in my apartment, Marley disappeared. She hid for over 4 days. I really thought she ran away. I could not find her anywhere in my apartment.
I called the woman back and told her I could not find this cat. She said "oh I should have told you to lock her in a room for a few days." Great, now I had the trauma of trying to find my cat somewhere within the vicinity of my apartment. I finally found her in between two walls in my bedroom closet. With some trickery I coaxed her out of her hole with some food. She finally succumbed to hunger and I then closed the hole.
It's taken a few weeks but she is becoming a cute frisky member of the house, chasing her tale, her catnip mouse and taking long naps on my bed. I still miss Tucker, but Marley who looks exactly like Anita is a nice addition to the house. Now if I only felt the same way about the thing growing inside me....