Helene, apologies for being so slow over reading this story. You know, everyone is right. This was evil. Wonderful, too. But still very, very evil.
I didn't see that last line coming, either, although, like others, I had noted the incongruity of having Cat in there. I'd also noticed the problems with combing Lois's hair, and I was thinking that, even in a bob, she shouldn't have been experiencing that much trouble / pain. (Yeah, I went through a long hair phase a few years ago; it got down to somewhere below my shoulder blades before I decided to revert to short and easy to manage. I remember those knots. Vividly. Ouch.)
Chris (who was going to try to get a trim this afternoon, but is now having serious doubts.)
