Irving the fearful Part 2

As I told you before my Irving is a fraidy cat. But yesterday he really pulled a good one. I was curled up in my reading chair reading a great book (Her Last Death) with my kitties at my feet on the ottoman. I was waiting for my kids to come. It had gotten dark so my mean mudder put the porch light on. Now she lives below me, so the kitties heard her in the stairwell. Irving sat straight up staring with fire in his eye at the door. Slowly this low growl came out of his mouth and then he turned tail and ran off to hide. My protector............. Not!