ALT Top left image: Old hands holding a child's hand Bottom left image: Watercolor paintbrushes Top middle image: Pages of a book folded into a heart shape Middle image: Black and white ocean Bottom middle image: Water drops on white table Top right image: Rainbow over the ocean with reflection on sand Bottom right image: Snow-laden trees and white path Middle text: Remember how you used to shrug off my gratitude and say, "You can thank me when I'm dead"? Now I finally have the chance to do it.

ALT Top left: black cat with yellow eyes Middle left: pool deck with string of yellow lights Bottom left: stacked mahjong tiles Top right: large white moon behind palm trees, dark blue sky Bottom right: mahjong tile ("xi" - west wind) Text: "I found someone in the pool this morning." Grace takes a sip of her water. "Dead," I add. "Probably murdered."

ALT Top left image: shadowy green monsterra Middle left title: THE CATSITTER Bottom left image: shadowy palm with pink and orange background Top middle image: pineapple floating in blue pool Middle image: the author's black cat, "Mick Jaguar" ("Mimi" for short) Bottom left image: mahjong tiles Right image: sunset on the ocean Text over right image: "Wet, heavy, & bloated... he sagged in my arms, his puffy lips parted as if begging for justice."