[She giggles and bats at the cat's paw herself.]

No. On everything. She was afraid if she settled, it could all be taken away. So she never did. Until she met the right man. And she loved him, even though he was broke and she was broke. It didn't matter. They had Cat. And it ended happily. As movies do.

[She lays back against the wall.]

I think so long as you love them and don't abandon them, then that's all that matters. No one wants to be alone.