Day three: rang bell, cat said he'd eaten earlier.
Victor sighed and gave in resigned to the fact that like most things in his life, he was not going to win. Even his familiar who should have been his staunchest friend and ally, according to the man in the shop, was no more than a prickly, sarcastic and insulting creature. Of course Victor really didn’t know the true nature of cats and if other cats could talk, he’d learn quickly enough they are rarely as advertised.