Unfortunately, we haven't seen Midnight since. Nor has her owner, who has approached Nicole a couple of times to ask if she's seen the cat; she's apparently been calling shelters looking for her. We doubt she'll find her, though; the howling we've heard in the undeveloped area behind the building since then has made it obvious that there are coyotes living and hunting back there.

Nicole had fallen completely in love with Midnight; she was just about the sweetest cat we've ever met. So she's especially brokenhearted. I'm just kind of sad; I had gotten used to her standing up as I went down the stairs in the morning, looking for pets, and watching me come home in the evening from her usual perch on the landing a half-flight down our stairwell.

Sorry, Midnight. You deserved better.