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reached for the towel, but my fingers couldn’t quite close over it. What if Alum reappeared when I was stark naked and part way through getting out of the tub? I didn’t want to frighten the man. I carefully placed bubbles over all the pertinent places, made a dive for the towel, and wrapped it around me. I dried myself hurriedly, thinking he could reappear at any moment.
    No sooner had I gotten dressed, than I heard a sound from my living room. I knew it wasn’t my phone, because I had turned it off in order to take a relaxing bath. That meant it was an email. I hurried to my laptop and stared at the screen. It was the email I had been waiting for from my agent. With trembling hands, I clicked on it. It read:
    ‘ Prudence, it’s bad news after all. I wish I had better news for you. Those venues have canceled, as I feared might happen. But don’t despair, it might just be a temporary situation. There are several international clairvoyant mediums coming to this country, and when they leave, business could well be back to usual. So there might not be any immediate cause for concern, but I’ll keep you posted as to any development. All the best, William .’
    Before I could process the news, there was an urgent knock on my door. I caught my breath. Surely not Constance?
    I hurried to the door and flung it open, but there to my relief, was Barbara on my door step.
    “Your cat’s on the roof!” she said urgently.
    “But how?” I said. Then I remembered I had left the bathroom window open to let out the steam as I had no exhaust fan in there. With all the excitement of Alum appearing, I had forgotten to shut it and one of the cats must’ve escaped. I ran back into the bathroom and shut the window.
    Barbara was still waiting for me by the front door, so I followed her out the door and looked up on the roof. Sure enough, there was Lily on the roof meowing and looking quite scared. Not far from her was an oversized, enormous brushtail possum. “Don’t go near that possum!” I called to the cat. “They have very sharp claws, and it’s much bigger than you are!”
    Barbara looked at me as if I was crazy. “Your cat doesn’t understand what you’re saying, you do realize, don’t you?”
    I shrugged. “But I have to get her down. Keep an eye on her, will you, and I’ll go and get a ladder.”
    As I left to get the ladder, I could hear Barbara muttering that this would never have happened if I had a man. When I returned with the ladder, she was still muttering the same thing.
    “How would a man stop the cat going up the roof to chase a possum?” I asked rather snappily.
    “A man would get the cat down for you, Prudence,” she replied waspishly. “You shouldn’t be living on your own.”
    I rolled my eyes. I thought perhaps I should add Barbara to my Most Not Wanted list, along with Constance.
    I gingerly climbed up the ladder. The ground underneath it was slightly uneven so it wobbled. “Hey, Barbara, could you hold that ladder for me please?” I asked.
    Barbara did as she was told. When I reached the roof, I climbed onto it, and then Lilly moved further out of range. The big possum hadn’t moved, and just continued to survey the situation. I was concerned that Lily would go after the possum, because they did indeed have very sharp claws and could be quite aggressive if threatened. “Here kitty, kitty,” I cooed at Lily, but in response she turned her back on me and stalked in the direction of the possum.
    “Shoo!” I hissed. The possum just sat there, but Lily ran over toward it. I scrambled up the roof in the direction of both of them, and lunged for Lily. That scared the possum, and Lily as well. The possum ran in one direction, and Lily ran in the other. She ran to the silver birch tree near one corner of the house and nimbly climbed down it, leaving me alone on the roof.
    “You don’t need to worry now, Prudence,” Barbara called out. “Lily is safely down.”
    “I know that,” I said through