The holidays passed uneventfully. Justin spent most of his time home lavishing Cookie with the attention he had been missing and looking into a list of promising startup ideas to show Alexa when the new semester started.
Cookie soaked up Justin's affection like a rather spoiled sponge. His dad jokingly asked when he was planning on moving somewhere pet friendly so he could take the cat, not knowing that Justin could have moved whenever he wanted.
The only reason he stayed in his not-so-great apartment was because Emily was there. He really did miss his cat but it was a price he was willing to pay to be closer to her.
Going back to his cold, empty apartment after two weeks with his family was more depressing than he expected. With nothing else to do Justin spent the weekend before school trying to start inventing something.
