None of the above choices .Their cat was being put down .Their girlfriend was leaving .Their friend was leaving .
Why did the narrator not want to say goodbye ?
I wanted to at least try instead of blindly putting her to sleep based on a guess . So I agreed to have her treated as I played with her in her little cat carrier . She was being very sweet and playful which I thought was odd considering the vet tried to pull a fecal sample not 5 minutes earlier . I said my goodbyes to Smaug and not five minutes out on the road did I get the phone call .