They Were Not Home
He picked up the identical mail he had been sending for the previous month. The proprietors were plainly absent. He became enraged. The fact that they had left him alone and then simply placed a bag’s worth of food into a garden dish.
Jeffrey knew how to take care of pets and knew that they shouldn’t be left alone for long periods of time. The least they could have done was hire a pet sitter. His goal was to make them regret their actions.