She meets Liz in the hospital, a friendly nurse unhappy with her job, who tells Susan her 'daughter' saved her much to the chagrin and annoyance of Susan, who has no daughter. Susan then returns to the world of the living to wake up in a hospital bed and is soon forced to carry out her task. One night, Susan decides to take her own life, but this leads her to explore a strange place in death where she encounters the Queen of Maggots, who grants her immortality and gives her the task of ridding the world of five psychopaths referred to as the 'parasites'.
She is known in her neighborhood as the cat lady. She hates flowers, and her only companions are stray cats, whom she summons to her flat by playing her piano. The protagonist is Susan Ashworth, a chronically depressed, middle-aged woman with no friends. A sequel, titled Lorelai, was released on Steam (and other game download sites) on April 26th 2019. The Cat Lady is an indie psychological horror graphic adventure video game developed by Harvester Games for Microsoft Windows and Linux.