A woman planned to adopt a kitten, but fate had other plans.

Lily Holmes, a 28-year-old author from Burlington, Vermont, has recently gone viral as she showed off her new pet to the internet, leaving viewers instantly obsessed.

While Holmes, who works with people with Alzheimer's and dementia, had "always wanted to adopt a senior animal," but she fell in love with a kitten advertised at a local shelter, and decided to adopt it with a friend.

"But I got there too late," she told Newsweek. The kitten had already been adopted.

Holmes didn't return empty-handed however, as she came across a 14-year-old cat named Gumbo who had spent life on the streets before arriving at the Humane Society of Chittenden County.

"I did originally set out to adopt a kitten, but the moment I saw Gumbo,

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