By the time I made it home, Vee was already in my house playing with Sally. Vee had been my best friend since I met her on the job three years earlier. She was still working at the engineering firm, moving up the corporate ladder, like I was supposed to. Except I kept getting laid off, and she didn’t. Vee sat on my couch with a laser pointer driving Sally crazy. The cat followed the light, pounced to catch it, but nothing was there. Poor kitty, she had no idea what she was up against. Vee had the p...