A nightmare on my street

I miss my princess every day and it hurts like it was yesterday as my best friend passed away. I know there’s going to be a couple people who will not understand, why the death of a cat can be so traumatizing.
This is a little story about my Lilo was ran over by a car almost a year ago and believe me, I miss her. My husband misses her and my son asks about her almost every day. 

I got my baby Lilo in a September weekend (a Saturday) back in 2017. I had to pick her up around 10 AM and guess what, I was hungover af. I think everyone who lives in my area knows why I was so hammed on this Saturday morning😙 

Anyways, I picked her up, drove home, opened the transport box and went back to bed because google said, let your new kitty come out by herself and leave her alone. I love google by the way.

She was an amazing cat; her character was just perfect for me and my son. 

She was friendly, playful and followed my son everywhere he went. She slept with my son and she... she was kind of a creep because she stalked me in the shower and just stared at me no matter what I was doing. 

My husband didn’t like her the first time he met her, he always said she had huge eyes and looked funny. Well anyways, one day; my son, husband and I moved together to a pretty quiet street, just across a playground. He started liking my cat after his knee surgery, he had to ‘’live’’ on the couch for a couple days and Lilo forced him to like her, she stayed with him on the couch and became finally good friends. She attacked him every time he walked from a room to the other, she waited for him and as soon as he got where she was 

BOOM! She jumped on him and run away. It was hilarious to see how close they two came. 

We decided to leave her outside one day, she always tried to run out as soon as someone opened the backyard door. Since we thought we live in such a peaceful street we had no doubt to force her to be a housecat. 

She was a sweetheart with her dead mouse gift as a little thank you for us. 

One day, as I was folding the laundry upstairs in our bedroom, I heard a car driving by our street pretty fast and then I heard the neighbor talking about how ‘’it’’ rolled over... ‘’it’s over there’’, ‘’oh no!!’’ was what I heard, our balcony door was open and I don’t usually care what’s going on in our neighborhood but something in me said, go outside and look. 

First I thought there was a car accident, but as I stepped out to the balcony and saw my neighbor across the street looking at me, pointing to my grey, sleeping looking cat and asking me ‘’is this your cat’’, I knew what was going on. 

Everything happened so fast from this moment, I know I just said ‘’no no no’’ and run downstairs and outside to my cat. 

Her tongue was out at her neck was broken, she passed away and my heart just broke into a million pieces. 

I don’t cry, I don’t know why but I’m not a crying person but from this day on, I’m pretty close on water. I couldn’t talk and I couldn’t hear anything in that moment, I was holding Lilo so close and just cried. The moment where I start realizing what just happened here, more neighbors came to me. The wife from the guy across the street promised me that my cat didn’t suffer and was holding me tight and was just so nice to me, also her son called the police because he and his father saw the car who was speeding in our street, and just like I said we live next to a Playground. It was very nice to not be alone in that moment. Well since a cat is just a ‘’thing’’ the police couldn’t do anything for me. I didn’t want any money or whatever from the B**** who killed my cat. But it was nice to know how lovely and supportive my neighbors are. My neighbor, who lives right next to us got home and she saw us all of us standing outside on our front yard, she came over and she cried with me. Lilo spendt a lot of time with my neighbors next door, just like I said, she was a sweetheart. Lilo spend a lot of time with my neighbors in the back yard, in the summer nights she would come home smelling like BBQ. Thanks for the invite Lilo. Haha. 

I called my husband to inform him what happen, but he stuck at work and was just as shocked as I was. I texted my best friend Laura and she and her boyfriend came to my house faster than the police. I wasn’t alone and I was so thankful. 

Since two of my neighbors saw the car who drove my Lilo over, Laura her boyfriend and I decided to find the car who was responsible for my Babys death. I didn’t want anything from them except an ‘’I am sorry’’, I mean, how can you not see or feel that you drove over a pet? Why would you not stop? I mean it happens, well it wouldn’t happen if the person would drive slowly in our street but oki. We found the house with the car.
A mid 50^th year old man opened the door and explained to us in a very rude voice that his wife was driving the car, and she’s sleeping now (lol it was 3 PM but ok, enjoy your nap) he also said ‘’omg it happens what do you  want?’’ Ehm a simple sorry, maybe?? Heartless and just an asshole. Sorry but nah not really.

We went back home, I was still holding my cat since the moment I picked her up. My old friend, to who I’m not in touch anymore came to my house and she helped me to let my cat go. I got a little box from my other neighbor and my neighbor next door gave me the nice idea to give my Lilo the blanket she was always sleeping on. My old friend left, and my husband got home early from work, with flowers and speckles about the situation in the house. 

For those who ask where my son was at that moment, he was at my parents house and I also called my mom like two hours after the accident to let her know that my cat passed away and she cried as well, everyone cried. 

Everyone loved Lilo.  

We buried her in my parents backyard, but before we left the house, my neighbors children came to me to the car and said goodbye to my princess, they cried too, I was so surprised at the end of the day how many people loved Lilo..  My parents planted a little tree on the spot where she rests in peace forever.

I cried myself to sleep for days, I woke up and cried again. It was a nightmare I will never forget, even if its ‘’Just a cat’’, because she was more for us, and I’m going to remember this day probably for the rest of my life. 

I am so thankful who everyone who was there for me, who came, hugged and cried with me. 

‘’some things just fill out your heart without trying’’